bitch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a female dog; (vulgar) a spiteful person or to complain

   The breeder's prize bitch had a fine litter.

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Simplified etymology

Bitch comes from Old English bicce and has a Germanic source. Its possible relationship to French biche, which has meant both “bitch” and “fawn,” is uncertain. The derogatory application to a woman arose in late Middle English.

From Old English bicce ('female dog'), of Germanic origin, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ; the verb sense 'to complain' is a 20th-century colloquial development.

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