smatch
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smatch
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From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan (“to taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje (“to taste”), Dutch smaken (“to taste”), German schmecken (“to taste”), Danish smage (“to taste”), Norwegian smake (“to taste”),
Norwegian smak (“a taste”),
Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”).
noun smatches
- A smack or taste.
- A trace quantity; a smattering or smidgeon. Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it
verb smatches · smatching · smatched
- To have a taste; to taste (something).
- To have a feeling; to smack (of something). Allowing his description therein to retain and smatche of veritie
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