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bisson

/ˈbɪsən/

bisson adjective: sandblind, purblind.

Adjective

bisson (comparative more bisson, superlative most bisson)

  1. (obsolete) Sandblind, purblind.
    • 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.1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 32
  2. (obsolete) Blinding.
    • Run bare-foote vp and downe,
      Threatning the flame
      With Biſſon Rheume […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Proper noun capitalized: Bisson

Bisson

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of bisson

comparativemore bisson
superlativemost bisson

Origin of bisson

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.

From French Bisson.

Questions about bisson

What does bisson mean?
Bisson means sandblind, purblind.
What part of speech is bisson?
Bisson can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bisson?
Bisson is pronounced /ˈbɪsən/.

Words near bisson in the dictionary

  1. bissextile months
  2. bissextile year
  3. bissextile years
  4. bissextiles
  5. bissexts
  6. bisson
  7. Bissone
  8. Bissonette
  9. Bissonettes
  10. Bissonnet
  11. Bissonnette

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