Meanings
bisson1
comparative more bisson · superlative most bisson
- obsoleteSandblind, purblind.
He was a septuagenary […] He was rugose, pachydermatous, bottlenosed, almost bisson, breviped, tardigradous, and affected with trepidation, partial surdity, and most perceptible seity. Archaisms, exoticisms, and exolete lingo marked his allocution to the conflux.
1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 32 - obsoleteBlinding.
Run bare-foote vp and downe, Threatning the flame With Biſſon Rheume […]
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
Bisson2
- A surname from French.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
bisson · adjective
- Old Englishbisene“blind”
- Middle Englishbisen
- Englishbisson
From Middle English bisen, bisne (“blind, purblind”), from Old English bisene (“blind”), probably from bi- (“near”) + sīen (“sight”) in the sense of "near-sighted, short-sighted". Compare Dutch bijziende (“mole-eyed”), German beisichtig (“short-sighted”). More at by, see.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Bisson · proper noun
- FrenchBisson
- EnglishBisson
From French Bisson.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Bisson
- BissonTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
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