sisours

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cisours, sisoures, sisurs, cysowres, cisurs, cysours, sesurs, sesours, sesurys, sysers

Etymology

From Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈzuːris/, /ˈsizuris/, /siˈzuːrs/, /ˈsizurs/, /siˈzuːrz/, /ˈsizurz/

Noun

sisours pl (plural only)

1. scissors, shears
2. (rare) candle extinguisher

Descendants

• English: scissors
• Scots: scissors, shissors, chizors

References

• “cisǒurs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.