enchesoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• encheson

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, related to Old French achoison, from Latin occasionem.

Noun

enchesoun (plural enchesouns)

1. reason, cause, occasion
   • late 1300s, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire’s Tale’, Canterbury Tales:

     Which proveth wel that outher ire or drede / Moot been enchesoun of youre cruel dede.

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