fecche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• facche, fecch, fetche, ficche, fiche, vech, vetche

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈfit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈfat͡ʃ(ə)/
• (Southern) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛt͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

fecche (plural fecches)

1. Vetch or tare; a member of the genus Vicia.
2. The seed of vetch, especially in reference to something worthless.
3. A small ball of similar proportion to a vetch seed.

Descendants

• English: vetch, fitch
• Scots: fitch

References

• “fecche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 December 2018.