† geasonadj.n.

Forms: Old English gǽsne, géasne, Middle English geasne, Middle English gesen(e, Middle English–1500s geso(u)n, 1500s ges(s)en, 1500s–1600s gayson, geazon, geasone, (1500s gaison, geison, 1600s geyson, gheason), Middle English–1600s geason.

Etymology: Old English gǽsne, gésne barren. Compare Old High German keisinî barrenness.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

1. Producing scantily; barren, unproductive; exhausted. Const. in Old English with genitive or on; later of. Also, clear of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile

unbearingc825

geasonOE

unkindc1330

barren1377

unfructuousa1382

poora1387

leanc1420

exile?1440

salt1535

unfruitful?1542

sterile1572

dead1577

unlusty1580

queasy1593

heartless1594

unfertile1596

emacerated1610

sapless1655

unprolific1672

uncivil1676

ungrateful1681

worn1681

teemless1687

unproductive1725

poorish1767

ill-conditioned1796

scanty1797

rammelly1808

starve-acre1891

OE Cynewulf Crist II 849 Is us þearfmicel þæt we gæstes wlite ær þam gryrebrogan on þas gæsnan tid georne biþencen.

OE Cynewulf Juliana 381 He siþþan sceal godra gumcysta geasne hweorfan.

OE Andreas (1932) 1084 Ah þær heorodreorige hyrdas lagan, gæsne on greote, gaste berofene.

a1121 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1116 Þisgear wæs swa gæsne on mæstene.

14.. MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38 lf. 23 (Halliw.) In werke they weren never so nyce, Ne of moo good liveres geson.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 5 Now make the feeldis wilde of busshis geson.

c1430 Hymns Virg. 64 Drunkelew folk ben goostli blinde, For faute of witt her lyf is gesoun.

2. Scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon. In the 16th cent. sometimes with passive infinitive, as geason to be found, geason to be seen, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scarce

gnedec1000

deara1330

scarcec1374

geason1377

dainty?a1500

scarcy1677

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 271 My wafres there were gesen.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 803 Custade Costable, when eggis & crayme be geson.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxii Grotes and pens were geson.

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. D A good man is geason, not easy to be founde.

?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. B.iii^v That wyll not know nor amende, theyr wyttes be so geson.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 19 Precious stones that are gayson to bee founde.

1567 G. Turberville Epit., Epigr. (1837) 295 Rich be thy robes, and geason to be had.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xii. i. 239 In the houses of Knights..it is not geson to behold generallie their prouision of tapistrie.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H1 Rare birds vpon the earth, and as geason as blacke swans.

1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 380 Good knowledge in the Greeke toong..in those daies was geason.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 98 Ixine is a rare herb and geason to be seen.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 536 Marle in this place is verie geason or skant.

1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 67 Geazon, scarce, hard to come by. Ess.

3. ‘Rare’, extraordinary, amazing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective]

wonderlyc893

wonderfula1100

wondera1175

wondersa1300

marvellousc1330

marvela1400

marvelly?a1400

mirablec1429

admirablec1450

marvellablec1450

mirific1490

wondrous1509

extonious1548

portentious1549

miraculous1569

geason1572

mirificalc1572

astounding1590

amazing1593

wonderedc1595

admiring1598

prodigious1600

astonishable1603

fabulous1609

wondered-at?1611

necromantic1627

stupendous1640

nigromantic1645

mirandous1652

surprising1665

mirabundous1694

astonishinga1704

wondersome1774

sublime1813

nasty1834

kill-me-quite1842

breathtaking1843

breath-catching1865

miracle-working1867

mouth opening1867

stupefying1870

gee whiz1889

scorching1890

doozy1903

sensational1909

eye-popping1918

wunnerful1924

crashing1931

staggering1934

eyewatering1950

mind-boggling1955

Ozymandian1961

knock-out1966

mind-blowing1966

motherfucking1973

boggling1975

gobsmacking1981

tubular1982

1572 N. Roscarrock in J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie sig. C.iij^v The siege of Thebes, the fall of Troy, in beaten massie golde, dan Vulcane hath set out at large, full geazon to beholde.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 25 With weather astonyed, with such storms geason agrysed.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 73 The duke Æneas with sight so geason agasted.

B. n.

Rarity, scarcity. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything

littleOE

dear cheapc1325

dearth1340

scanta1350

scantityc1386

scarcenessa1387

scarcitya1400

chertea1420

penury?a1425

poverty?1440

penuritya1500

geason1509

carity1530

scantness1543

famishment1569

fewty1596

famine1611

stint1651

grutch1815

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxxiii^v Of them is no plenty but great geason.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 101 Good should by geason, earne no place, Nor nomber make nought, that is good.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	geason
释义	† geasonadj.n. Forms: Old English gǽsne, géasne, Middle English geasne, Middle English gesen(e, Middle English–1500s geso(u)n, 1500s ges(s)en, 1500s–1600s gayson, geazon, geasone, (1500s gaison, geison, 1600s geyson, gheason), Middle English–1600s geason. Etymology: Old English gǽsne, gésne barren. Compare Old High German keisinî barrenness. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Producing scantily; barren, unproductive; exhausted. Const. in Old English with genitive or on; later of. Also, clear of. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile unbearingc825 geasonOE unkindc1330 barren1377 unfructuousa1382 poora1387 leanc1420 exile?1440 salt1535 unfruitful?1542 sterile1572 dead1577 unlusty1580 queasy1593 heartless1594 unfertile1596 emacerated1610 sapless1655 unprolific1672 uncivil1676 ungrateful1681 worn1681 teemless1687 unproductive1725 poorish1767 ill-conditioned1796 scanty1797 rammelly1808 starve-acre1891 OE Cynewulf Crist II 849 Is us þearfmicel þæt we gæstes wlite ær þam gryrebrogan on þas gæsnan tid georne biþencen. OE Cynewulf Juliana 381 He siþþan sceal godra gumcysta geasne hweorfan. OE Andreas (1932) 1084 Ah þær heorodreorige hyrdas lagan, gæsne on greote, gaste berofene. a1121 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1116 Þisgear wæs swa gæsne on mæstene. 14.. MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38 lf. 23 (Halliw.) In werke they weren never so nyce, Ne of moo good liveres geson. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 5 Now make the feeldis wilde of busshis geson. c1430 Hymns Virg. 64 Drunkelew folk ben goostli blinde, For faute of witt her lyf is gesoun. 2. Scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon. In the 16th cent. sometimes with passive infinitive, as geason to be found, geason to be seen, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scarce gnedec1000 deara1330 scarcec1374 geason1377 dainty?a1500 scarcy1677 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 271 My wafres there were gesen. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 803 Custade Costable, when eggis & crayme be geson. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxii Grotes and pens were geson. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. D A good man is geason, not easy to be founde. ?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. B.iii^v That wyll not know nor amende, theyr wyttes be so geson. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 19 Precious stones that are gayson to bee founde. 1567 G. Turberville Epit., Epigr. (1837) 295 Rich be thy robes, and geason to be had. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xii. i. 239 In the houses of Knights..it is not geson to behold generallie their prouision of tapistrie. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H1 Rare birds vpon the earth, and as geason as blacke swans. 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 380 Good knowledge in the Greeke toong..in those daies was geason. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 98 Ixine is a rare herb and geason to be seen. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 536 Marle in this place is verie geason or skant. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 67 Geazon, scarce, hard to come by. Ess. 3. ‘Rare’, extraordinary, amazing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] wonderlyc893 wonderfula1100 wondera1175 wondersa1300 marvellousc1330 marvela1400 marvelly?a1400 mirablec1429 admirablec1450 marvellablec1450 mirific1490 wondrous1509 extonious1548 portentious1549 miraculous1569 geason1572 mirificalc1572 astounding1590 amazing1593 wonderedc1595 admiring1598 prodigious1600 astonishable1603 fabulous1609 wondered-at?1611 necromantic1627 stupendous1640 nigromantic1645 mirandous1652 surprising1665 mirabundous1694 astonishinga1704 wondersome1774 sublime1813 nasty1834 kill-me-quite1842 breathtaking1843 breath-catching1865 miracle-working1867 mouth opening1867 stupefying1870 gee whiz1889 scorching1890 doozy1903 sensational1909 eye-popping1918 wunnerful1924 crashing1931 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 mind-boggling1955 Ozymandian1961 knock-out1966 mind-blowing1966 motherfucking1973 boggling1975 gobsmacking1981 tubular1982 1572 N. Roscarrock in J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie sig. C.iij^v The siege of Thebes, the fall of Troy, in beaten massie golde, dan Vulcane hath set out at large, full geazon to beholde. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 25 With weather astonyed, with such storms geason agrysed. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 73 The duke Æneas with sight so geason agasted. B. n. Rarity, scarcity. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything littleOE dear cheapc1325 dearth1340 scanta1350 scantityc1386 scarcenessa1387 scarcitya1400 chertea1420 penury?a1425 poverty?1440 penuritya1500 geason1509 carity1530 scantness1543 famishment1569 fewty1596 famine1611 stint1651 grutch1815 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxxiii^v Of them is no plenty but great geason. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 101 Good should by geason, earne no place, Nor nomber make nought, that is good. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.OE
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