pissier

English

Adjective

pissier

1. comparative form of pissy: more pissy

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, of echoic origin.

Verb

pissier

1. (vulgar) to piss; to excrete urine
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 177 of this essay:

     cecy le fera estarnuer ou pissier

     this will make him sneeze or piss

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of pissier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pissier			avoir pissié
gerund		en pissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		pissant
past participle		pissié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pis	pisses	pisse	pissons	pissiez	pissent
	imperfect	pissoie, pisseie, pissoe, pissieve	pissoies, pisseies, pissoes, pissieves	pissoit, pisseit, pissot, pissieve	pissiiens, pissiens	pissiiez, pissiez	pissoient, pisseient, pissoent, pissievent
	preterite	pissai	pissas	pissa	pissames	pissastes	pissierent
	future	pisserai	pisseras	pissera	pisserons	pisseroiz, pissereiz, pisserez	pisseront
	conditional	pisseroie, pissereie	pisseroies, pissereies	pisseroit, pissereit	pisseriiens, pisseriens	pisseriiez, pisseriez	pisseroient, pissereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	pis	pis	pist	pissons	pissiez	pissent
	imperfect	pissasse	pissasses	pissast	pississons, pississiens	pississoiz, pississez, pississiez	pissassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pisse	—	pissons	pissiez	—

Descendants

• French: pisser
• Walloon: pixhî
• Middle French: pissier
  • French: pisser
  • → German: pissen (possibly)
    • → Russian: писать (pisatʹ)
  • →? Limburgish: pésse
• → Middle English: pissen, pisse, pyssyn, pysse, pyschyn
  • English: piss
  • Scots: pish