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geason

geason · more geason · most geason

Difficult to procure; scant; sparingDifficult to procure; scant; sparing.

/ˈɡiːzən/

Значення

значень: 3

(діалектне, рідковживане)Rare; uncommon; scarce.
(Британія, діалектне)Difficult to procure; scant; sparing.
(діалектне, рідковживане)Unusual; wonderful.

Походження

From Middle English geson, gesene (“rare, scarce”), from Old English gǣsne (“deprived of,

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”).

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