Chism

//ˈt͡ʃɪzəm// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shoot or sprout; a bud. dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To sprout, bud, or germinate. dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *chissen, a plural of Middle English chis, chys (“sprout”), variant of Middle English chithe, from Old English ċīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.

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