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单词 foison
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foisonn.

/ˈfɔɪz(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English foussun, fusun, Middle English fuisum, fuisun, Middle English–1500s fusiou(n)n(e, fusion, fuysion, fuysion, 1600s fouson, fuzzen, Middle English–1600s foyson, Middle English foysun, 1500s foysen, Middle English fosoun, Middle English foi-, foysoun(e, 1500s–1600s foi-, foyzon(e, 1600s foyzen, foyeson, Middle English fysoun, 1600s–1700s fizon, 1800s fizzen, Middle English– foison.
Etymology: < Old French foison, foyson, fuison, fuson = Provençal foison < popular Latin *fŭsiōn-em, for Latin fūsiōn-em a pouring, noun of action < fundĕre to pour.
1.
a. Plenty, abundance, a plentiful supply; a great quantity or number (of persons or things). archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance
plentya1250
foison13..
abundance1340
copyc1375
fultha1400
plentya1425
murth?a1450
store1471
sonsea1500
banquet?1507
fouth1535
choice1584
horn of plenty (also abundancec1595
wealth1596
cornucopia1611
rifea1614
copia1713
bumper1759
beaucoup1760
lashings1829
plethora1835
any amount (of)1848
in galore1848
opulence1878
binder1881
lushing1890
13.. K. Alis. 1030 Alle the innes of the town Haddyn litel foisoun.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5808 Gode shal ȝyue þe hys blessyng And foysyn yn alle þyng.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 482 Fyres in gret foysoune [1489 Adv. foysoun] thai maid.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxix. 163 They muste haue grete foyson of arowes with brode hedes.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. D.viv The greater foyson of fat that there is betwene the .ii. skins, the lesse be ye vaynes.
1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 217 Of al deyntes plente and foyson.
1810 C. Lamb Farewell to Tobacco Africa, that brags her foison, Breeds no such prodigious poison.
1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics in Poems (1890) III. 70 He has a perennial foison of sappiness.
b. Plentiful crop or harvest.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest > good harvest or crop
foison1587
mast year1743
masting1760
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 638 If it [sc. the grain] spring not vp, it yeldeth no foyson.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 110 Earths increase, foyzon plentie, Barnes, and Garners, neuer empty. View more context for this quotation
1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. x. 330 We anticipate the foison of an unknown husbandry.
c. quasi-adv. In abundance. So Old French foison.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb]
enoughOE
roomOE
largely?c1225
rifec1225
foison13..
rivedlyc1300
plenteously1340
plentily1340
fulsomelya1375
abundantlya1382
plenteousc1390
aboundinglyc1400
plentifullyc1400
copiously1447
abundanta1450
amply1454
substantiously1507
fatly?1521
largea1522
plentiful1563
heartily?1577
locupletely1599
redundantly1615
mainly1618
showeringly1621
rifely1648
profusively1650
galore1675
prolifically1735
wholesale1762
copious1791
aplenty1830
plenty1842
swimming1887
13.. K. Alis. 1012 Heo..was deliverid liversoon, Skarschliche and nought foisoun [MS. Laud 622 nouȝth a foyson].
2.
a. Inherent vigour or vitality; power, strength, capacity. plural. Resources. Now chiefly Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > strong or powerful
craftOE
strengthOE
powerc1300
forcec1340
foisona1400
ability?1473
potence1483
potencya1500
valency1623
potentiality1627
potentialness1668
muscularity1871
firepower1945
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > supplies
warnestorea1300
astorec1330
chevisancec1385
weala1400
supply1510
supply1512
furniture1549
furnishments1559
loana1578
suppeditaments1599
foisona1616
store1636
wanigan1889
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources
facultya1382
myance?a1513
moyen1547
facility1555
means1560
resource1611
foisona1616
wherewith1674
asset1677
stock-in-tradea1806
wherewithal1809
possibles1823
bag of tricks1841
potential1941
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8516 Gains him his fas had na fusun.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13499 He bliscid siþen þe fisses tuine, And sett his fuisum þaim widine.
?a1400 Arthur 476 He, for alle hys grete Renoun, Aȝenst Arthour hadde no fusoun.
a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 2021 I wyll gyue kynge Iohan thys poyson, So makynge hym sure that he shall neuer haue foyson.
a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1866) II. 114 Such a foison hath your alms that..it increases, like the widows meal.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 89 Scotland hath Foysons, to fill vp your will Of your meere Owne. View more context for this quotation
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Foison 2, Pith, ability; used to express..bodily strength.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. ‘He has nae foison in him’; he has no understanding, or mental energy. Loth.
b. Nourishing power; hence, nourishment, literal and figurative. Now dialect and Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > nourishing food > nourishing quality
foisonc1430
restorative1528
nourishment1555
alimentariness1727
nutritiousness1727
nutritiveness1727
c1430 J. Lydgate in Lay Folks Mass-bk. (1879) Notes 368 Quat man here messe or he dyne..Hys mete xal han þe more fysoun.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. B 3 b Them two are poyson to men though foison to birdes.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse v. F 1 a Like the foieson or oile of the lampe, wherewith it continewes burning.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xii. K 4 a The foison of our best phantasies.
1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare v. 41 The Liturgie..is but dry meat, and hath no foison in it.
1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 66 Foison or Fizon, the natural juice or moisture of the Grass or other herbs.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Suppl. Foison or Fizon.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) There is no foison in this hay.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘Ye'll tak a' the fizzen out o't [meat]’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

foisonv.

/ˈfɔɪz(ə)n/
Etymology: < Old French foisonner, < foison : see foison n.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
transitive.
a. To supply plentifully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > fully or plentifully
foison1393
replenish1526
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 341 Where all good him was foisoned.
b. To nourish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)]
afeedeOE
foddereOE
feedc950
fosterc1175
fooda1225
nourishc1300
nurshc1325
nourishc1384
abechea1393
relievec1425
norrya1450
nurturea1450
pasturec1450
foisonc1485
bield1488
aliment1490
repast1494
nutrifya1500
repatera1522
battle1548
forage1552
nurse1591
substantiate1592
refeed1615
alumnate1656
focillate1656
c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 513 Yt fedyth and foysonnes.
1891 E. Arnold Light of World 190 Earth To fill and foison with His Father's will.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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