fesaunt

Middle English

Alternative forms

fesaun, feysaunt, feysan, fesant, ffesand, ffeysaunt, fesawant, ffesaunt, phesant

Etymology

From Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːza(u̯)nt/, /ˈfɛza(u̯)nt/, /ˈfɛːza(u̯)n/

Noun

fesaunt (plural fesauntis)

A pheasant (bird of family Phasianidae)
The meat of this bird as food.

Descendants

English: pheasant
Scots: pheasant

References

“fē̆saunt, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.

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