Smatch

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A smack or taste. obsolete
  2. 2
    A trace quantity; a smattering or smidgeon. obsolete

    "Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it"

Verb
  1. 1
    To have a taste; to taste (something). ambitransitive, obsolete
  2. 2
    To have a feeling; to smack (of something). ambitransitive, obsolete

    "Allowing his description therein to retain and smatche of veritie"

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flavoursmacktastetastetincture

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"Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it"

Etymology

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”).

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