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itchy

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"Needing a scratch"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪt͡ʃi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted chityStarts with IEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch

Word origin

From Middle English *yicchy, *ȝicchi, from Old English ġiċċiġ (“itchy”), equivalent to itch + -y. Cognate with Scots yeukie (“itchy”), West Frisian jokkerich (“itchy”), Dutch jeukachtig and jeukerig (“itchy”).

Used in a sentence

  • an itchy rash
  • Excess, the scrophulous and itchy plague / That seizes first the opulent
  • Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away.

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