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English

Etymology
French

Pronunciation
\SHEE-shee
Adjective
chichi

1. affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

#:"Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead." --E. Taylor, Game of Hide-&-Seek
#:"Whether the chichi gender theorists like it or not, sexual duality is a law of nature among all highly evolved life forms." --Camille Paglia
#:"The sort of real delicious Italian country cooking that is a revelation after so much chichi Italian food dished up in London."--Daily Telegraph, January 22, 1969
#:"[Judith] Hope -- who lives in East Hampton, where the Clintons have a lot of chichi' friends -- has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements." --Washington Post, June 4, 1999

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation
IPA|/t�it�i/

Noun
chichi (plural chichimeh)

1. dog|Dog.

Synonyms
itzcuintli

Derived terms
chichiconetl
chichiton

References
Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 215.
Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 47.
Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 214.

Category:Classical Nahuatl nouns
Category:French derivations
Category:nci:Mammals

Japanese

Noun
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1. ja-def|� one's own father

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