bisson

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bisen, bisne (“blind, purblind”), from Old English bisene (“blind”), probably from bi- (“near”) + sīen (“sight”) in the sense of "near-sighted, short-sighted". Compare Dutch bijziende (“mole-eyed”), German beisichtig (“short-sighted”). More at by, see. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪsən/ === Adjective === bisson (comparative more bisson, superlative most bisson) (obsolete) Sandblind, purblind. (obsolete) Blinding. === Anagrams === bisons == Picard == === Etymology === From Old French bisson, buisson, boisson, from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare French buisson. === Noun === bisson m bush (shrub, woody plant, like a small trunkless tree)