foison
Americannoun
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abundance; plenty.
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abundant harvest.
noun
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archaic a plentiful supply or yield
Etymology
Origin of foison
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English foisoun, from Middle French foison, from Vulgar Latin fusiō (stem fusiōn- ), from Latin fūsiō (stem fūsiōn- ) “an outpouring, effusion”; fusion
Example Sentences
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Now spring-tide showers its foison on the land, And lively hearts wend forth, a joyous band, For 'Isa's breath wakes the dead earth to life, And trees gleam white with flowers, like Musa's hand.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
To this joyous gem Capricorn has added a whole foison of annotations.
From On Something by Belloc, Hilaire
Earth's increase, foison plenty, Barns and gamers never empty; Vines with clust'ring bunches growing; Plants with goodly burden bowing; Spring come to you at the farthest, In the very end of harvest!
From The Tempest by Shakespeare, William
There shall be dearth, and yet so gay the dearth That all the land shall look in holiday With mockery of foison; every field With splendour aflame.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
And it is almost needless to say that in both subjects for novel treatment "foison," as both French and English would have said in their time.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
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