smatch
A smack or tasteA smack or taste.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete)A smack or taste.
(obsolete)A trace quantity; a smattering or smidgeon.
Origin
From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”)From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan (“to taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje (“to taste”), Dutch smaken (“to taste”), German schmecken (“to taste”), Danish smage (“to taste”), Norwegian smake (“to taste”),
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