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milch.

Used to produce milk; dairy.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/mɪlt͡ʃ/
  1. Used to produce milk; dairy.

    dated · not-comparable
  2. Currently producing milk for its offspring.

    dated · not-comparable
  3. Tender; pitiful; weeping.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk. Compare milchig.

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