boon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Quotations 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 Quotations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /buːn/

  Rhymes: -uːn

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English, boon (“‘prayer’”), from Old Norse bόn (“‘petition’”) (Danish bøn, Swedish bön), from Germanic. Influenced by French bon, Latin bonus ‘good’.

[edit] Noun

boon (plural boons)

1. A blessing or benefit.

   Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.

   Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.

2. (archaic) that which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present

   • Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above — James I. 17

3. (obsolete) a prayer or petition

[edit] Quotations

• For which to God he made so many an idle boon — Edmund Spenser

[edit] Synonyms

• blessing
• benefit

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French bon (“‘good’”)

[edit] Adjective

boon (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"
2. kind; bountiful; benign
3. gay; merry; jovial; convivial

   He was a boon companion to have around

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[edit] Quotations

• Which ... Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain — John Milton
• A boon companion, loving his bottle — John Arbuthnot

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bnoo
• noob
• obon

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

boon c. (plural bonen, diminutive boontje, diminutive plural boontjes)

1. bean