sisours

Middle English

Alternative forms

cisours, sisoures, sisurs, cysowres, cisurs, cysours, sesurs, sesours, sesurys, sysers

Etymology

From Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈzuːris/, /ˈsizuris/, /siˈzuːrs/, /ˈsizurs/, /siˈzuːrz/, /ˈsizurz/

Noun

sisours pl (plural only)

scissors, shears
(rare) candle extinguisher

Descendants

English: scissors
Scots: scissors, shissors, chizors

References

“cisǒurs, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

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