Definition of CHISM

chism

Meanings

Plural: chisms

Noun

  • A shoot or sprout; a bud.

Verb

  • To sprout, bud, or germinate.

Origin / 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.

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