bizen

Meaning

Noun

Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
Something serving as an warning or an example to be avoided.

Origin

From Middle English bysen, partly from Old English bȳsen, and partly from Old Norse býsn, both from Proto-Germanic *būsniz, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 ("command, order").

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