foison
Americannoun
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abundance; plenty.
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abundant harvest.
noun
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”; see fusion
Example Sentences
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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
When we were come to Cyprus," says Joinville, Histoire de Saint Louis, §§ 72, 73, "we found there greate foison of the Kynge's purveyance.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
So arise, Squire, and take the hounds and come with me; for not far off is a little thicket which mostly harbours foison of deer, great and small.
From Wood Beyond the World by Morris, William
He reads our earth, cloudscape, landscape, season, foison, man and beast of the field, with the same wistfulness which women who have known sorrow exhibit for children who have not.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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