scion
pronunciation
How to pronounce scion in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪən]
How to pronounce scion in American English:
US [ˈsaɪən]
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- Noun:
- a descendent or heir
Word Origin
- scion (n.)
- c. 1300, "a shoot or twig," especially one for grafting, from Old French sion, cion "descendant; shoot, twig; offspring" (12c., Modern French scion, Picard chion), of uncertain origin. OED rejects derivation from Old French scier "to saw." Perhaps a diminutive from Frankish *kid-, from Proto-Germanic *kidon-, from PIE *geie- "to sprout, split, open" (see chink (n.1)). Figurative use is attested from 1580s in English; meaning "an heir, a descendant" is from 1814, from the "family tree" image.
Example
- 1. What explains the peculiar actions of the 63-year-old scion ?
- 2. He is the scion of an american frontier family .
- 3. It was based on two dated assumptions : that a young scion should be lined up for the top job , and that news corporation 's future lies in newspapers .
- 4. The hapless mr gandhi , a national figure and scion of a ruling party in paralysis , never had a chance .
- 5. The likeliest candidate is rahul gandhi , sonia 's son and the scion of india 's chief political dynasty .