‖ biˈsognio, bisogno Obs.
[a. It. bisogno ‘need; also, a needy fellow, a raw recruit’; also in Sp. bisoño, Pg. bisonho, in same sense.]
Early form of besonio, bezonian.
| 1591 Garrard Art Warre 170 The name of a raw souldier, and Bisognio. 1598 Barret Theor. Warres ii. i. 17 Many inconueniences and disorders which rawe Bisognios will commit. Ibid. Gloss. 249 Bisognio or Bisonnio, a Spanish or Italian word. 1612 Chapman Widdowe's T. Plays 1873 III. 17 Spurn'd out by Groomes like a base Bisogno. 1636 Abp. Williams Holy T. (1637) 218 Being as yet Gods Bisognos, as it were, Tyrones Dei. |