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Ouch
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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noun
1.
a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
2.
the setting of a precious stone.
verb (used with object)
3.
to adorn with or as if with ouches.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English ouche (noun), for nouche (the phrase a nouche taken as an ouche; compare apron) < Old French nosche ≪ Germanic
1325–75; Middle English ouche (noun), for nouche (the phrase a nouche taken as an ouche; compare apron) < Old French nosche ≪ Germanic
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Word Origin & History
ouch
1837, from Pennsylvania German outch, cry of pain, from Ger. autsch. The Japanese word is itai. Latin used au, hau.
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