mutch
/mʌt͡ʃ/
mutch noun: a nightcap (hat worn to bed).
Noun
mutch (plural mutches)
- A nightcap (hat worn to bed).
- A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children.
- But of all the congregation, none enjoyed the singing more than the dear old women who sat in the front seats near the pulpit, their quiet old faces looking so sweet and pure under their snow-white “mutches.”1901, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, Echo Library, published 2007, page 66
- And […] off to the asylum they hurled the daftie, he went with a nurse's mutch on his head and he put his head out of the back of the waggon and said Cockadoodledoo! to some school bairns […]1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 15
Proper noun capitalized: Mutch
Mutch
- A surname.
Forms of mutch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mutches |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Much |
Origin of mutch
From Middle Dutch mutse, from amutse, from Late Latin almucia (“almuce”). Doublet of almuce.
Words formed from mutch
- bonet mutch
- double mutch
- hair-mutch
- kell mutch
- laced mutch
- mutchless
- night mutch
- toy mutch
- under-mutch
Words that rhyme with mutch
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Questions about mutch
- What does mutch mean?
- Mutch means a nightcap (hat worn to bed).
- What part of speech is mutch?
- Mutch can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mutch?
- Mutch is pronounced /mʌt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of mutch?
- The plural of mutch is mutches.
Words near mutch in the dictionary
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