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besognio

besognio is the alternative form of bezonian.

Meaning of bezonian

Noun

bezonian (plural bezonians)

  1. (obsolete) A beggar, pauper, or rascal.
    • Great men oft die by vile bezonians.
      A Roman sworder and banditto slave
      Murdered sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand
      Stabbed Julius Caesar; savage islanders
      Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of besognio

pluralbesognios

Questions about besognio

What is besognio the alternative form of?
Besognio is the alternative form of bezonian.

Words near besognio in the dictionary

  1. besnowing
  2. besnows
  3. besnuff
  4. beso negro
  5. besocked
  6. besognio
  7. besognios
  8. besoil
  9. besom
  10. besom pocket
  11. besom pockets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: besognio (page history and authors); bezonian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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