chiche2 (1194-99)
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chiche2 (1194-99)

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  FEW:  tsits- 13/ii,374a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chiche 1 9,79a TL: chiche 1  DEAF:  chiche 1  DMF:  chiche 2  TLF:  chiche 1  OED:  chinch a. and n.2  MED:  chinche a. and n.  DMLBS: ∅
chice;  chinche;  chitche,  chite,  chiechie,  chechie  

a.

1 mean, parsimonious: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  E lor dona si granz dons riches Richard, qui n’est aver ne chinches  1059
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  il est chice e trop aver  963
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Chinches, avers, orgoillous e sorquidez  2846

s.

1 miser: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Li traitre od lu decevant, Li chiches od lu sortenant […]  17538
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  Vin fait […] Les pouvres gens riches […]. Bons sont: ils font Eslargir les chiches (var. chiechies;  chechies )  53
chinchesse  chincheté  treschiche 
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