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Vinony

arson

noun

  1. crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to property
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹsən/ / /ˈɑːsən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English arsoun, from Old French arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciō (“saddlebow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”); compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, and Spanish arzón.

  1. A saddlebow.

    “The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe[…]”

    “Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.”

verb

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.

  1. To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.