† ˈmenison Obs.
Forms: 3 menison(e, 3–4 meneisoun, 4–5 menysoun, 5 menyson, -isoun, -eson, mensone, mensoun, 6 mensyn, menson.
[a. OF. menison, meneison, menoison:—late L. mānātiōnem flowing, n. of action f. mānāre to flow.]
Dysentery.
| c 1290 Beket 2367 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 174 Toward þe deþe he drouȝ And fur-pinede in þe menisone þat is lif him þouȝte long. c 1305 St. Lucy 6 in E.E.P. (1862) 101 For four ȝer heo hadde..þe meneisoun stronge. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xvi. 110 Bothe meseles and mute and in þe menysoun blody, Ofte he heled suche. c 1465 Eng. Chron. (Camden) 35 Meny men deide on the blody mensoun. 1556 Withals Dict. (1562) 76 The bloudy menson, discenteria. |