† bezoniann.
/bɪˈzəʊnɪan/ Obsolete.
(a) A raw recruit. (b) As a term of contempt: needy beggar, base fellow, knave, rascal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun]
harlot?c1225
truantc1290
shreward1297
boyc1300
lidderon13..
cokinc1330
pautenerc1330
bribera1387
bricouna1400
losarda1400
rascal?a1400
custronc1400
knapea1450
sloven?a1475
limmerc1485
knavatec1506
smaik?1507
smy?1507
koken?a1513
swinger1513
Cock Lorel?1518
pedlar's French1530
varletc1540
losthope?c1550
makeshift1554
wild rogue1567
miligant1568
rogue1568
crack-halter1573
rascallion1582
schelm1584
scoundrel1589
scaba1592
bezonian1592
slave1592
rampallion1593
Scanderbeg1601
roly-poly1602
canter1608
cantler1611
gue1612
fraudsman1613
Cathayana1616
crack-hempa1616
foiterer1616
tilt1620
picaro1622
picaroon1629
sheepmanc1640
rapscallion1648
scaramouch1677
fripon1691
trickster1711
shake-bag1794
sinner1809
cad1838
badmash1843
scattermouch1892
jazzbo1914
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > recruit
besognier1584
bisogno1591
bezonian1592
besonio1603
besogne?1615
greenhorn1650
lister1678
recruit1707
rookie1868
recruity1887
recruitee1896
rook1902
boot1915
inductee1941
sprog1941
yardbird1941
skinhead1943
macker1944
red-arse1946
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person
wretchOE
filthOE
birdc1300
villain1303
caitiffc1330
crachouna1400
crathona1400
custronc1400
sloven?a1475
smaik?1507
rook?a1513
scavenger1563
scald1575
peasant1581
scaba1592
bezonian1592
slave1592
patchcock1596
muckworm1649
blackguard1732
ramscallion1734
nasty1825
cad1838
boundera1889
three-letter man1929
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. H Trod vnder foote of euery inferiour Besonian.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 114 Besonian? speake, or die. View more context for this quotation
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bisongne [see besogne n.], a raskall, bisonian, base humored scoundrell.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 136 Great men oft dye by vilde Bezonions . View more context for this quotation
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour iv. i. sig. H For halfe a mouldy bisket sell her selfe To a poore besognion.
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons i. xi Out on ye, cullions and bezonians!
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