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bizen

/ˈbaɪzən/

bizen noun: something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.

Noun

bizen (plural bizens)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete, rare) Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
    • She's a shem and a bizen to all the heale town.1823, Robert Anderson, Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect, page 155
    • […] and a bizen like this.1866, Eliza Lynn Linton, Lizzie Lorton of Greyrigg, page 97
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.

Forms of bizen

pluralbizens
alternative formbyzen
alternative formbyzont

Origin of bizen

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”).

Phrases with bizen

Questions about bizen

What does bizen mean?
Bizen means something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
What part of speech is bizen?
Bizen is a noun.
How do you pronounce bizen?
Bizen is pronounced /ˈbaɪzən/.
What is the plural of bizen?
The plural of bizen is bizens.

Words near bizen in the dictionary

  1. bizcachas
  2. bizcochito
  3. bizcochitos
  4. bizdev
  5. bizelesin
  6. bizen
  7. Bizen ware
  8. bizens
  9. Bizenware
  10. Bizerta
  11. Bizerte

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