† beˈsogne Obs.
Also besognie, bessogne.
[a. Fr. bisogne, ‘bisongne, a filthie knaue, or clowne; a raskall, bisonian, base humoured scoundrell’ (Cotgr.), ad. It. bisogno, cf. besonio.]
a. A raw recruit. b. A low worthless fellow; = bezonian.
| 1615 Chapman Odyss. Ep. Ded. 50 Against this host, and this invincible commander, shall we have every besogne and fool a leader? 1633 T. Stafford Pac. Hib. xi. (1821) 352 There were but a few Besognies amongst them. 1658 Brome Covent Gard. v. iii, Beat the Bessognes that lie hid in the Carriages. |