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語源

From French béjaune (“freshman”), from bec jaune (“yellow beak”), in allusion to young birds.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːdʒən/

名詞

bejan (複数形 bejans)

1. (now historical) A freshman at various Scottish and continental universities.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 215:

     They'd been at it, say and night, for four years – only to be shown up by a snivelling little wimp of a bejan.