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▪ I. † ˈbotchy, a.1 Obs. [f. botch n.1 + -y1.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a botch; covered with botches or excrescences.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxiv. (1495) 132 The grystels the fyrst of whyche is knotty and botchy. c1450Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 710 Gibbosus, bochy. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. i. 6 Were not that a botchy core. 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 331 We may claim Mahometism as a botchy excrescence or spurious offspring of the Gospel. ▪ II. botchy, a.2|ˈbɒtʃɪ| [f. botch n.2 + -y1.] Full of botching or bungling work.
1879G. M. Hopkins Let. 10 Mar. (1935) 24 Each verse a work of art, no botchy places. |