Utchy

//ˈʌt͡ʃɪ// adj, pron

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Chilly, parky. dialectal, not-comparable
Pronoun
  1. 1
    I West-Country, obsolete, personal

    "What shall utchy do?"

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"[It is, manifestly, a corrupt pronunciation of Ich, or Ichè, pronounced as two syllables, the Anglo-Saxon word for I. What shall utchy do? What shall I do. I think Chaucer sometimes uses iche as a dissyllable; […]]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

A modification of utch, ich, iche, from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun), from Old English iċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Doublet of che. Recorded in use in the area around Yeovil in southern Somerset.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

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