▪ I. † ˈbotchy, a.1 Obs.
[f. botch n.1 + -y1.]
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a botch; covered with botches or excrescences.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxiv. (1495) 132 The grystels the fyrst of whyche is knotty and botchy. c 1450 Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 710 Gibbosus, bochy. 1606 Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. i. 6 Were not that a botchy core. 1768 Tucker 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.
| 1879 G. M. Hopkins Let. 10 Mar. (1935) 24 Each verse a work of art, no botchy places. |