† poisantadj.

Forms: late Middle English poysaunt, 1500s poisant, 1500s poysent.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: poise v., -ant suffix¹; French poisant, pesant.

Etymology: Either < poise v. + -ant suffix¹, or directly < Middle French poisant, variant of pesant peisant adj. Compare Anglo-Norman poisant (c1235 or earlier). Compare earlier peisant adj.

Obsolete.

Forcible, powerful; weighty, heavy. Cf. peisant adj. 1.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy

heavyc1000

unlightc1330

sada1375

chargeousa1382

lumpinga1400

ponderousa1400

weighingc1400

poisant1477

peisant1483

wieldlya1500

weighty1500

peiseda1522

burdenous1529

weightful1530

grave1570

leaden1578

plumbeousa1586

wieldy1592

peisy1599

well-weighing?1615

lead-like1816

hefty1867

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 22 Gyuyng to hys enemye many strokes terryble and poysaunt [Fr. pesans].

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. ix. 24 More poysaunt [Fr. pesans] and namely bygger armures.

1580 J. Stow in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1937) 13 3 Woonderfull it was to behold the riches of apparel worne that day, with the poisant chaines of gold.

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 111 Right poysent bloe he stroke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	poisant
释义	† poisantadj. Forms: late Middle English poysaunt, 1500s poisant, 1500s poysent. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: poise v., -ant suffix¹; French poisant, pesant. Etymology: Either < poise v. + -ant suffix¹, or directly < Middle French poisant, variant of pesant peisant adj. Compare Anglo-Norman poisant (c1235 or earlier). Compare earlier peisant adj. Obsolete. Forcible, powerful; weighty, heavy. Cf. peisant adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy heavyc1000 unlightc1330 sada1375 chargeousa1382 lumpinga1400 ponderousa1400 weighingc1400 poisant1477 peisant1483 wieldlya1500 weighty1500 peiseda1522 burdenous1529 weightful1530 grave1570 leaden1578 plumbeousa1586 wieldy1592 peisy1599 well-weighing?1615 lead-like1816 hefty1867 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 22 Gyuyng to hys enemye many strokes terryble and poysaunt [Fr. pesans]. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. ix. 24 More poysaunt [Fr. pesans] and namely bygger armures. 1580 J. Stow in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1937) 13 3 Woonderfull it was to behold the riches of apparel worne that day, with the poisant chaines of gold. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 111 Right poysent bloe he stroke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1477
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