Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

essoin

/ɪˈsɔɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: es-soin
IPA: /ɪˈsɔɪn/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To excuse for failure to appear in court.

British usage; Transitive verb

noun

An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

Excuse; exemption.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I'll not essoin thee."
"[W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun."
"From euery worke he chalenged essoyne."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English essoyne, from Old French essoignier, from Medieval Latin exoniō, essoniō (“excuse oneself; accept an excuse”), from ex- + sonium + -ō, sonium being from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju (“care, need”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: essoyne, essoignier, exoniō, *sunnju

Usage

Inflected Forms

essoins (present, singular) essoining (participle, present) essoined (participle, past) essoined (past) essoign (alternative)

Derived Forms

essoiner essoineur

Questions

How do you pronounce essoin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈsɔɪn/.
What does essoin mean?: To excuse for failure to appear in court.
Where does essoin come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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