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bisson¹

  • /ˈbɪsən/

Where it comes from

From Middle English bisen, bisne (“blind, purblind”), from Old English bisene (“blind”), probably from bi- (“near”) + sīen (“sight”) in the sense of "near-sighted, short-sighted". Compare Dutch bijziende (“mole-eyed”), German beisichtig (“short-sighted”). More at by, see.

adjective more bisson · most bisson

  1. obsolete Sandblind, purblind. He was a septuagenary […] He was rugose, pachydermatous, bottlenosed, almost bisson, breviped, tardigradous, and affected with trepidation, partial surdity, and most perceptible seity. Archaisms, exoticisms, and exolete lingo marked his allocution to the conflux.
  2. obsolete Blinding. Run bare-foote vp and downe, Threatning the flame With Biſſon Rheume […]

Bisson²

Where it comes from

From French Bisson.

proper noun

  1. A surname from French.

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"bisson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bisson. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bisson. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bisson

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"bisson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bisson.

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@misc{bisson_2026,
  title = {bisson},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bisson},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}