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Definition of Foison
1. n. Rich harvest; plenty; abundance.
Definition of Foison
1. Noun. (archaic) an abundance, a rich supply of ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly Scotland) strength, power ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foison
1. strength [n -S] - See also: strength
Medical Definition of Foison
1. Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. " That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison." (Shak) Origin: F. Foison, fr. L. Fusio a pouring, effusion. See Fusion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foison
Literary usage of Foison
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... affluence, fullness, repletion, free- ness, luxuriance, opulence, wealth,
richness, prodigality, generosity, foison ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"verb; the latter of which is E. Fizz, qv foison, plenty, abundance. (F..-L.)
Obsolete; but in Shak. Temp. ii. 1.163; Chaucer, CT 4924. ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"Spirit of beauty ! at whose soft command The sunbeams and tbe showers distil it*
foison From the Earth's bosom chill ; 0 bid those beams be each a blinding ..."
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