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Geason

//ˈɡiːzən// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Rare; uncommon; scarce. dialectal, rare

    "This white falcon rare and gaison, This bird shineth so bright."

  2. 2
    Difficult to procure; scant; sparing. UK, dialectal
  3. 3
    Unusual; wonderful. dialectal, rare

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”).

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