Other Word Forms
- itchiness noun
Etymology
Origin of itchy
1520–30; itch, + -y 1; compare Old English giccig (rare) purulent, putrid
Example Sentences
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The main feature is an itchy, spotty rash which blisters then scabs over.
From BBC
However, she recalled that he had suffered 12 or 13 itchy bites around his ankles earlier in the summer, which they believed were caused by chiggers.
From Science Daily
It makes me itchy when I think about it.
From Literature
The smell of fields being burned in preparation for the next crop cycle filtered in and I’d lie cocooned in itchy blankets.
Simon rubbed bashfully at his head, which was far easier to do now that that itchy horsehair wig was off.
From Literature
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