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singe

UK/sɪnd͡ʒ/ US/ˈsɪndʒ/ rare obsolete
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

burn superficially or lightly

  • “I singed my eyebrows”
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2.

become superficially burned

  • “my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames”
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noun

1.

a surface burn

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Origin

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

Phrases

  • singe one's wings

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