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foison

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foi·son  (foizn)
n.
1. Scots Physical strength or power.
2. Archaic A plentiful harvest; abundance.
3. foisons Obsolete Reserves of power; resources.
[Middle English foisoun, from Old French foison, from Latin fsi, fsin-, a pouring, from fsus, past participle of fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]
Foison a great quantity or number; a plentiful crop or harvest, 1587.


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Paddington came in, too, drawling and lisping and twiddling his hair; so did Champignac, and his chef--everybody with foison of compliments and pretty speeches--plaguing poor me, who longed to be rid of them, and was thinking every moment of the time of mon pauvre prisonnier.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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