Pronounced: BAH-nuh-fuhs, noun
Notes: I’m a bit surprised that I haven’t run across this word before
Yesterday’s word
The word meech means
- to move in a furtive manner
- to loiter
- to whine
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
The third meaning seems a little familiar, but as I noted, I don’t recall running across our word before. It is a variant of mitch (to steal; hide; shirk), which came from the Old French word muchier (to hide).
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