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itching

itc·hing

UK/ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ US/ˈɪtʃɪŋ/ fairly common

noun

1.

an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

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From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.

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