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Chichivache
[
chich
-
uh
-vahsh]
/ˈtʃɪtʃ əˌvɑʃ/
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noun
1.
(in early English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a cow verging on starvation, that existed solely by devouring virtuous women.
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Chichivache
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Middle English
Middle French
1350-1400
1350-1400;
Middle English
<
Middle French
(north)
chichefache
thin face, ugly face, monster (hence
vache
cow, by folk etymology, replacing
fache
)
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