bicche
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (compare Norwegian bikkja (“dog”), Old Danish bikke), from *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)). More at bicker.
Pronunciation
Noun
bicche (plural bicches)
- bitch (female dog)
- (of a woman) bitch (despicable or disagreeable woman)
- (of a man) bitch (despicable or heathen man)
Descendants
References
- “bicche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- enm:Dogs
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