English Explanatory Dictionary

Chism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. A shoot or sprout; a bud.
verb
  1. To sprout, bud, or germinate.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪzəm/

Word forms

Chism Chisms chisom chissom chizzum chizzom chisming chismed

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *chissen, a plural of Middle English chis, chys (“sprout”), variant of Middle English chithe, from Old English ċīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.

Related words

chit chive jism
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