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单词 peisant
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peisantadj.

Brit. /ˈpeɪznt/, /ˈpeɪsnt/, U.S. /ˈpeɪs(ə)nt/
Forms:

α. late Middle English–1500s pesaunt, late Middle English–1500s peysaunt, 1500s pesant, 1500s pessant, 1500s peysant, 1500s–1600s (1900s– archaic) peisant, 1600s peizant; also Scottish pre-1700 paysaunt, pre-1700 pesant; N.E.D. (1904) also records a form late Middle English peysaunt.

β. Scottish pre-1700 paisand, pre-1700 pasand, pre-1700 passand, pre-1700 paysand.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French peisant.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman peisant, peisaunt, pesaunt, Anglo-Norman and Middle French pesant (c1100 in Old French; French pesant ) (of things) heavy, massive (c1100), oppressive, wearisome, difficult (c1100), (of the hand, a blow, etc.) forcible, coming down heavily (12th cent.), (of people) slow, sluggish (1279), use as adjective of present participle of peiser , peser to weigh (see peise v.; compare -ant suffix1). In β. forms by association with the Older Scots forms of the present participle of peise v. (see forms at that entry). Compare Old Occitan pezan (c1150; Occitan pesant ), Catalan pesant (13th cent.), Spanish pesante (mid 13th cent. or earlier), Portuguese pesante (14th cent.), Italian pesante (a1294). Compare poisant adj.
Now archaic and rare.
1. Having great weight; heavy, massive; forcible, as a heavy blow. archaic and rare after early 16th cent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy
heavyc1000
unlightc1330
sada1375
chargeousa1382
lumpinga1400
ponderousa1400
weighingc1400
poisant1477
peisant1483
wieldlya1500
weighty1500
peiseda1522
burdenous1529
weightful1530
grave1570
leaden1578
plumbeousa1586
wieldy1592
peisy1599
well-weighing?1615
lead-like1816
hefty1867
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective]
heavyc825
grimc900
strongeOE
hardeOE
drearyOE
eileOE
sweerOE
deara1000
bitterOE
tartc1000
smartOE
unridec1175
sharp?c1225
straitc1275
grievousc1290
fellc1330
shrewda1387
snella1400
unsterna1400
vilea1400
importunea1425
ungainc1425
thrallc1430
peisant1483
sore?a1513
weighty1540
heinous?1541
urgent?1542
asperous?1567
dure1567
spiny1586
searching1590
hoara1600
vengible1601
flinty1613
tugging1642
atrocious1733
uncannya1774
severe1774
stern1830
punishing1833
hefty1867
solid1916
α.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) 11 Pledours in worldly courtes hauen tonges lyke to the languet of the balaunce that draweth hym..to the more peysaunt party.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 119 Thei smote on his helme grete strokes and pesaunt.
1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 55 He had seen Your Grace wellde one [sword] more pesaunt then the same.
c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 66 The pesant vecht of his victorius brand.
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith ii. 28 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Yet like the valiant Palme they did sustaine Their peisant weight, redressing vp againe.
1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xiii. 295 He still beareth against Krothering so great and peisant strokes as thick as rain falleth from the sky.
β. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxi. 106 Bot euill wateris ar hevy paysand, and euill hewit.1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii* Pellokis paisand to pase Gapand gunnys of brase.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. vi. 61 Vnder the paysand and the hevy charge.
2. figurative. Oppressive, toilsome, weighty; (of people) weighed down, sluggish. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective]
winkinga1000
slummy?c1225
anappedc1300
sleepya1325
heavy1382
slumberyc1386
sleepful1398
peisant1484
slumberous1495
drowsy1530
sleepish1530
sleepery1535
slumberinga1538
somnolent1547
heavy-headed1552
drowsy-headed1576
narrow-eyed1607
soporiferous1607
oscitant1625
nodding1631
Morphean1641
dormious1656
somniculous1656
dozed1659
drowsed1667
peeping1673
dozy1693
peepy1699
somniferous1798
noddy1801
dozing1820
head-nodding1832
snory1837
soporific1841
somnolescent1845
swodder1847
adrowse1848
snoozy1877
slumbersome1884
α.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxxxiv. 178 He fylle into a slepe, for his hede was ryght pesaunt and heuy.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. i. sig. Liiijv I dyde awayte for to entre in to the thirde partye of this present boke..my wyt, as almost wery of the pesaunt weyght of the labour concernying the two other partyes precedent.
1609 S. Rowlands Knave of Clubbes sig. A 3 As arrant misers as the earth containes, Which with their moyling care, & pessant paines Had scraped thousands.
β. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) Prol. 58 Bot for..grete febilness of body has maid me sa paysand and hevy to trauaile.c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxvi. 119 Yat jn grete weris and paysand materis, he be wele avisit.

Derivatives

pesantly adv. Obsolete heavily.
ΚΠ
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.vv His strokes..were so peysantly on hym sette.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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