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)

1. A soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow.
2. (rare) The hind portion of a cow as meat.
3. (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.