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byzen

byzen is the alternative form of bizen.

Meaning of bizen

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
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.

Forms of byzen

pluralbyzens

Questions about byzen

What is byzen the alternative form of?
Byzen is the alternative form of bizen.

Words near byzen in the dictionary

  1. Byzantism
  2. Byzantisms
  3. Byzantium
  4. byzants
  5. Byzas
  6. byzen
  7. byzens
  8. byōyomi
  9. BZ
  10. BZ black hole
  11. BZ black holes

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