Meanings
plural foisons
- archaicAn abundance, a rich supply of.
The earth did never mean her foizon For those who crown life’s cup with poison Of fanatic rage and meaningless revenge— But for those radiant spirits, who are still The standard-bearers in the van of Change.
1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts - archaicHarvest.
Gon. […]Treaſon, fellony, / Sword, Pike, Knife, Gun, or neede of any Engine / Would I not haue : but Nature ſhould bring forth / Of it owne kinde, all foyzon, all abundance / To feed my innocent people.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 7
Origin
- Latinfūsiōnem
- Old Frenchfoison
- Middle Englishfoisoun
- Englishfoison
From Middle English foisoun, from Old French foison, from Latin fūsiōnem. Doublet of fusion.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian изоби́лие, хоро́ший урожа́й
- изоби́лие (izobílije)abundance
- хоро́ший урожа́й (xoróšij urožáj)abundance
- мо́щь (móščʹ)strength, power
- жизнеспосо́бность (žiznesposóbnostʹ)strength, power
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with foison
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