fecche
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Traditionally seen as borrowed from Old Northern French veche, from Latin vicia, though the unexpected initial /f/ may reflect descent from an Old English *feċċe, *fiċċe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fecche (plural fecches)
- Vetch or tare; a member of the genus Vicia.
- The seed of vetch, especially in reference to something worthless.
- A small ball of similar proportion to a vetch seed.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “fecche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.