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tacheEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Clipping of m(o)ustache.
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From French tache (“a spot”). See tetchy.
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See tack (“a kind of nail”).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- TacheMiddle English · word_tache_sb_1
Tache, sb. a mark, sign, quality, stain, blemish, fault, HD; tacche, HD; tacches, pl., PP; tacchis, HD; teches, S2. Der.: tached, pp., tainted, stained; tachyd, PP.—OF. tache, teche, and OF. tacher, to spot, to stain.
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Tache, sb. a clasp, brooch, fibula, Cath. (n), Voc. Cf. Takke.
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