† visevasen.
Obsolete. rare.
A vain or empty matter.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial
triflec1290
vainc1330
winda1382
vapour1382
gossamer?a1400
visevase1481
good morrow1542
cobweb1579
superficial1579
puff1583
bladder1589
blathery1591
froth1594
bag of winda1599
moth1600
nominala1625
tumour1630
windlestraw1637
vacuity1648
balloon1656
blank1678
breath bubble1835
nominality1842
fluff1906
cotton candy1931
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 9 Now maketh kywaert the hare a complaynt also, that thynketh me a vyseuase.
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n.1481- hexaceto
- hexaceto-
- hexachaetous
- hexachlorbenzene
- hexachlorcyclohexane
- hexachlorethane
- hexachlorethanes
- hexachloride
- hexachloroethane
- hexachloroethanes
- hexachlorophane
- hexachlorophene
- hexachlorophenes
- hexachord
- hexachords
- hexachronous
- hexacolic
- hexacompound
- hexacorallan
- hexacoralline
- hexacosanoic
- hexacosanoic acid
- hexact
- hexactinal
- hexactine