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Definition of Geason
1. a. Rare; wonderful.
Definition of Geason
1. Adjective. (rare or dialectal) Rare; uncommon; scarce. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: UK dialectal) Difficult to procure; scant; sparing. ¹
3. Adjective. (rare or dialectal) Unusual; wonderful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geason
1. rare [adj] - See also: rare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geason
Literary usage of Geason
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"Alas, alas! by God and grafts of such a stock are very geason in these days. ...
Do thou admire in silence this so geason, Because the cause thereof ..."
2. The Plays & Poems of Robert Greene by Robert Greene (1905)
"12, ' That it to leaches seemed strange and geason,' and Harrison's England, '
scant and geason.' It lingered in our language as late as the beginning of ..."
3. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"It was frosty winter's season, And Fair Flora's wealth was geason. ... Death that
took away a man BO geason. Robert Greene : Maiden's Dream, 1591. ..."
4. Old English Plays: Being a Selection from the Early Dramatic Writers by Charles Wentworth Dilke (1814)
"For love ? nay, an he be not mad for hate, Tis amiable fortune; I tell thee,
youth, Kight rare and geason * : strange, mad for love! Oh, show me him, ..."
5. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"Good men arc scarce and honest men are geason. ... Strawberries, cherries,
and ;;reen pease are geason. ..."
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