English Explanatory Dictionary

geason

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Rare; uncommon; scarce.
  2. Difficult to procure; scant; sparing.
  3. Unusual; wonderful.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡiːzən/ /ˈɡeɪzən/ /ˈɡɛzən/

Word forms

geason more geason most geason geazon gaison gessen

Etymology

From Middle English geson, gesene (“rare, scarce”), from Old English gǣsne (“deprived of, wanting, destitute, barren, sterile, dead”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaisnī (“barren, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to be gaping, yawn”). Cognate with Old High German geisini, keisini (“lack”), a noun, and more remotely with North Frisian gast (“barren”), Low German güst (“barren”).

Synonyms

raresome selcouth infrequent
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