Lexicographical Neighbors of Besonian
Literary usage of Besonian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"Under which king, besonian? speak or die. " Shal. Under King Harry. " Pist. ...
Here the term besonian is obviously used by Pistol to emphasise ..."
2. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"134: The Italian origin of the word besonian (see post) shows that it properly
means "a needy fellow, a beggar:" but it was also used in the sense of "a raw ..."
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