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Word of the Day – Chafe

Chafe (verb)

chay-f

(with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something.

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘make warm’): from Old French chaufer ‘make hot’, based on Latin calefacere, from calere ‘be hot’ + facere ‘make’.

Example sentences

“The leggings chafe on my thighs.”

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