benisons

English

Noun

benisons

1. plural of benison

Anagrams

• boniness

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English benysoun, from Old French beneïson, from Latin benedictio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛnɪˈzuːnz/

Noun

benisons

1. blessings
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 12-14:

     shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,

     free from melancholy and full of blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116