rason
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of rason
First recorded in 1930–35, rason is from the Medieval Greek word rháson a woolen cloth
Example Sentences
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Sure an' that's the rason we're opposed to gineral schoolin', an' to readin' the Bible to the children.
From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various
An', as for the squire, that is the sperit, whether it was that he did not like his liquor, or by rason iv the loss iv his leg, he was never known to walk agin.'
From The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
If you didn't go they'd be thinking there was a rason for your staying away, and that'd be worse than all.
From An Eye for an Eye by Trollope, Anthony
An' that's the rason why I think it id be better for the likes iv me to be remimbered in tradition than to be written in history.'
From The Purcell Papers — Volume 2 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
"No, faith, not yet; but I suppose I must, if I wish to be safe in the counthry; an' so must you too, for the same rason."
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
If the brain started as a true tabula rasa, with no built-in connections, neurons would first need to locate and connect with one another.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
Somewhere inside a tabula rasa passed off as an office space, a diligent worker is rewarded with a five-minute "dance experience."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025
Her desire for a global tabula rasa outstrips that of even the most fanatical Red Guards, who still dominate her mental landscape.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
The top is a tabula rasa of post-pandemic young adulthood, ready to absorb and reflect the 2023 equivalent of those aforementioned references: It looks like TikTok, tastes like espresso martinis and sounds like Dua Lipa.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2023
The doings and actions of last year are as uninteresting and vague to me as the blank gulf of the future, the tabula rasa that may never be anything else.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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