† Chichevachen.

Forms: late Middle English Chicheuache, late Middle English Chichevache, late Middle English Chichevage, late Middle English Chichiuache, late Middle English Chichyuache, late Middle English Chychevache, late Middle English Chychyuache.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chicheface.

Etymology: < Middle French chicheface, (Liège, rare) chichefache, in the same sense (14th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French as chincheface , apparently with epenthetic n : see note), with alteration in English by association of the second element with Middle French vache cow (see vachery n.).Middle French chicheface is < chiche miserly, parsimonious (see chinch n.¹ and adj.) + face face n.

Obsolete.

In humorous or satirical contexts: the name of a monster said to feed only on patient or virtuous wives, and, from the scarcity of the diet, to be always lean and hungry. Cf. Bycorne n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > malignant monster > [noun] > that eat husbands or wives

Chichevachec1405

Bycornec1430

pickehornc1580

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Envoy l. 12 O noble wyues ful of heigh prudence Lat noon humilitee youre tonge naylle..Lest Chichyuache [c1405 Ellesmere Chichiuache, c1415 Corpus Oxf. chychevache, c1415 Petworth Chychyuache, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 Chicheuache] yow swelwe in hir entrayle.

a1456 J. Lydgate Bycorne & Chychevache (Trin. Cambr. R.3.20) ii. l. 18 in Minor Poems (1934) 434 Chichevache eteþe wymmen goode.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	chichevache
释义	† Chichevachen. Forms: late Middle English Chicheuache, late Middle English Chichevache, late Middle English Chichevage, late Middle English Chichiuache, late Middle English Chichyuache, late Middle English Chychevache, late Middle English Chychyuache. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chicheface. Etymology: < Middle French chicheface, (Liège, rare) chichefache, in the same sense (14th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French as chincheface , apparently with epenthetic n : see note), with alteration in English by association of the second element with Middle French vache cow (see vachery n.).Middle French chicheface is < chiche miserly, parsimonious (see chinch n.¹ and adj.) + face face n. Obsolete. In humorous or satirical contexts: the name of a monster said to feed only on patient or virtuous wives, and, from the scarcity of the diet, to be always lean and hungry. Cf. Bycorne n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > malignant monster > [noun] > that eat husbands or wives Chichevachec1405 Bycornec1430 pickehornc1580 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Envoy l. 12 O noble wyues ful of heigh prudence Lat noon humilitee youre tonge naylle..Lest Chichyuache [c1405 Ellesmere Chichiuache, c1415 Corpus Oxf. chychevache, c1415 Petworth Chychyuache, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 Chicheuache] yow swelwe in hir entrayle. a1456 J. Lydgate Bycorne & Chychevache (Trin. Cambr. R.3.20) ii. l. 18 in Minor Poems (1934) 434 Chichevache eteþe wymmen goode. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1405
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