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geason

adj
/ˈɡiːzən/

Etymology

From Middle English geson, gesene (“rare, scarce”), from Old English gǣsne (“deprived of, wanting, destitute, barren, sterile, dead”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaisnī (“barren, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to be gaping, yawn”). Cognate with Old High German geisini, keisini (“lack”), a noun, and more remotely with North Frisian gast (“barren”), Low German güst (“barren”).

  1. derived from *ǵʰeh₂-✻ — “to be gaping, yawn”
  2. inherited from *gaisnī✻ — “barren, poor”
  3. inherited from gǣsne — “deprived of, wanting, destitute, barren, sterile, dead”
  4. inherited from geson

Definitions

  1. Rare

    Rare; uncommon; scarce.

    • This white falcon rare and gaison, This bird shineth so bright.
    • […] ye shal finde many other word to rime with him, bycause such terminations are not geazon […]
    • Such as this Age, in which all good is geason, […]

  2. Difficult to procure

    Difficult to procure; scant; sparing.

  3. Unusual

    Unusual; wonderful.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA