Bisson

//ˈbɪsən// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sandblind, purblind. obsolete

    "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."

  2. 2
    Blinding. obsolete

    "Run bare-foote vp and downe, Threatning the flame With Biſſon Rheume […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.

Synonyms

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mole eyedmole-eyedpurblind

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From French Bisson.

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