itching
adjective
- having or causing an itch.
noun
- feeling agitated and in need of scratching
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing.
- A sensation that itches.
“Itchings, hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- present participle and gerund of itch