smatch

English

Etymology

From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-Germanic *smakkōną, *smakōną, *smakkijaną (“to taste”), 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”), Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”).

Noun

smatch (plural smatches)

smack, taste
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
  Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it
tincture
trace, small quantity, smidge, smattering or smidgen

Verb

smatch (third-person singular simple present smatches, present participle smatching, simple past and past participle smatched)

(intransitive) To have a taste, smack.
(transitive) To have a taste or sample of, smack of, taste.
- 1578, John Banister, The Historie of Man, from the most approved Authorities in this Present Age
  Allowing his description therein to retain and smatche of veritie
(obsolete) To smack.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for smatch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Maths C

单词	smatch
释义	smatch English Etymology From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-Germanic smakkōną, smakōną, smakkijaną (“to taste”), 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”), Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”). Noun smatch (plural smatches) smack, taste 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]: Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it tincture trace, small quantity, smidge, smattering or smidgen Verb smatch (third-person singular simple present smatches, present participle smatching, simple past and past participle smatched) (intransitive) To have a taste, smack. (transitive) To have a taste or sample of, smack of, taste. 1578, John Banister, The Historie of Man, from the most approved Authorities in this Present Age Allowing his description therein to retain and smatche of veritie (obsolete) To smack. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for smatch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) Anagrams Maths C
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