itching
verbnounattested in dialogue
- //ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ//
A sensation that itches.
verb
- 1
Also a form of itchpresent participle and gerund of itch
Etymology
From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.
noun
- 1
A sensation that itches.
Itchings, hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.
Etymology
From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing.
Forms
- plural
- itchings