enchesoun

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Middle English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Anglo-Norman, related to Old French achoison, from Latin occasionem.

Noun[edit]

enchesoun (plural enchesouns)

  1. reason, cause, occasion
    • late 1300s, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire’s Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
      Which proveth wel that outher ire or drede / Moot been enchesoun of youre cruel dede.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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