English Explanatory Dictionary

bizen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
  2. Something serving as a warning or an example to be avoided.

Pronunciation

/ˈbaɪzən/

Word forms

bizen bizens byzen byzont

Etymology

From Middle English bysen, partly from Old English bȳsen (“example, pattern, model, similitude, parable, parallel, rule, command, precept”), and partly from Old Norse býsn (“a wonder, a portentous thing”), both from Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”).

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