geason

adjective /ˈɡiːzən/

1. Rare; uncommon; scarce.

   rare

   This bird shineth so bright.

   This white falcon rare and gaison,

2. Difficult to procure; scant; sparing.

3. Unusual; wonderful.

   rare

Where it comes from

From Middle English geson, gesene (“rare, scarce”), from Old English gǣsne (“deprived of, wanting, destitute, barren, sterile, dead”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaisnī (“barren, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to be gaping, yawn”). Cognate with Old High German geisini, keisini (“lack”), a noun, and more remotely with North Frisian gast (“barren”), Low German güst (“barren”).

Related words

• selcouth

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry geason (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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