bisson
See also: Bisson
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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.
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bisson (comparative more bisson, superlative most bisson)
- (obsolete) sandblind, purblind
- (obsolete) blinding
- 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]:
- Run bare-foote vp and downe,
Threatning the flame
With Biſſon Rheume […]
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bisson (m)
- A bush (“shrub, woody plant, like a small trunkless tree”)