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bizen

/ˈbaɪzən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
bizen
IPA
/ˈbaɪzən/
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English bysen, partly from Old English bȳsen (“example, pattern, model, similitude, parable, parallel, rule, command, precept”), and partly from Old Norse býsn (“a wonder, a portentous thing”), both from Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bysen, bȳsen, býsn, *būsniz, *beudaną, *bʰewdʰ-

Usage

Inflected Forms

bizens (plural) byzen (alternative) byzont (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce bizen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaɪzən/.
What does bizen mean?
Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
Where does bizen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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