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fitchew.

polecat

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. polecat

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fitchewes (mistaken as a plural), variant of Middle English fichouse, ficheux, from Old French fissiauls (plural) and fichau, fissel (“polecat”), from Middle Dutch vitsche, visse, fisse (“polecat”), ultimately (via a Northern French dialect) from Latin vissiō (“stench”). Compare French vison (“mink”).

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