foisonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪzən/
• 韻: -ɔɪzən

名詞

foison (複数形 foisons)

1. (archaic) An abundance, a rich supply of.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     The earth did never mean her foizon
     For those who crown life’s cup with poison
     Of fanatic rage and meaningless revenge—
     But for those radiant spirits, who are still
     The standard-bearers in the van of Change.

2. (archaic) Harvest.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], page 7:

     Gon. […] Treaſon, fellony, / Sword, Pike, Knife, Gun, or neede of any Engine / Would I not haue : but Nature ſhould bring forth / Of it owne kinde, all foyzon, all abundance / To feed my innocent people.

3. (chiefly Scotland) Strength, power.