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noun
Pronunciation spelling of catechism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling, rare, uncountable
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verb
Thrash (verbally or physically).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
See catechism.
First attested around the turn of the sixteenth century. The origin is uncertain; derivation is perhaps from the Ancient Greek καταιγίζω (kataigízō, “I rush down like a storm”), from καταιγίς (kataigís, “a storm descending from above”, figuratively “battle”).
