Obs. Also 6 bezonion, 6– bi-, besonian. [f. It. bisogno, Sp. bisoño (see BESONIO). The ending is perh. -AN, as in Oxonian, etc.]
a. A raw recruit. b. (as a term of contempt) Needy beggar, base fellow, knave, rascal.
1592. Nashe, P. Penilesse, Wks. 1883–4, II. 86. Trod vnder foote of euery inferior Besonian.
1593. Shaks., 2 Hen. VI., IV. i. 134. Great men oft dye by vilde Bezonions. Ibid. (1597), 2 Hen. IV., V. iii. 115. Bezonian, speake, or dye.
1611. Cotgr., Bisongne [see BESOGNE], a raskall, bisonian, base humored scoundrell.
1632. Massinger, Maid of Hon., IV. i. For half a mouldy biscuit, sell herself To a poor bisognion.
1843. Lytton, Last Bar., I. xi. Out on ye, cullions and bezonians!
