Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bisson

/ˈbɪsən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: bis-son
IPA: /ˈbɪsən/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sandblind, purblind.

Obsolete

adj

Obsolete

name

A surname from French.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Run bare-foote vp and downe, Threatning the flame With Biſſon Rheume […]"

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bisen, bisene, Bisson

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more bisson (comparative) most bisson (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

Bissonnette Bissonnet

Rhymes With

listen christen nissen glisten sisson ison brisson rison sison brison frison tison

Questions

How do you pronounce bisson?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪsən/.
What does bisson mean?: Sandblind, purblind.
Where does bisson come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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