quysshyn
Middle English
Alternative forms
- coysshyn, cuȝshen, cuschen, cushin, cusshen, cusshon, cusshyn, kusshin, quesson, quesshon, quessyhon, quischin, quysson
- cuyschun (Buckinghamshire), coschyne, cuschone, cuschyne (Promptorium Parvulorum); cusshon, quyschon (Surrey)
- coschyn, cossyn, quissin, qwhyssyn, qwyssyn, whyssyn (Northern, North Midland); quhischen, qwyschyn (Catholicon Anglicum)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French coissin, cuissin, cussin, coussin, from Vulgar Latin coxīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwiˈʃiːn/, /kuˈʃiːn/, /-siːn/
- IPA(key): /ˈkwiʃin/, /ˈkuʃin/, /-sin/ (with stress retraction)
Noun
quysshyn (plural quysshyns)
- A soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow.
- (rare) The hind portion of a cow as meat.
- (rare) A drinking bowl.
Descendants
- English: cushion (see there for further descendants)
- Middle Scots: cusching, cussing, cuscheon
- Scots: cushin
References
- “quishin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 September 2019.