botche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• boche, bocche, boiche

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman boche.

Noun

botche

1. botch, a case or outbreak of boils or sores.
   • c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume II, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Job II:7, page 675, column 2:

     Therfor Sathan ȝede out fro the face of the Lord, and smoot Joob with `a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot `til to his top;

     Therefore Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with awful boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head;

Descendants

• English: botch

References

• “bocche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.