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boon

1   [boon]
noun
1.
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
2.
something that is asked; a favor sought.
Origin:
1125–75; Middle English bone < Old Norse bōn prayer; cognate with Old English bēn

Related forms
boon·less, adjective

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boon

2   [boon]
adjective
1.
jolly; jovial; convivial: boon companions.
2.
Archaic. kindly; gracious; bounteous.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English bone < Middle French < Latin bonus good

boon

3   [boon]
noun Textiles.
the ligneous waste product obtained by braking and scutching flax.
Also called shive, shove.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (north) bone; compare Old English bune reed
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boon1 (buːn)
 
—n
1.  something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit: the car was a boon to him
2.  archaic a favour; request: he asked a boon of the king
 
[C12: from Old Norse bōn request; related to Old English bēn prayer]

boon2 (buːn)
 
—adj
1.  close, special, or intimate (in the phrase boon companion)
2.  archaic jolly or convivial
 
[C14: from Old French bon from Latin bonus good]

booner or boon (ˈbuːnə)
 
—n
derogatory (Austral) a young working-class person from Canberra
 
[C20: of unknown origin]
 
boon or boon
 
—n
 
[C20: of unknown origin]

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boon
late 12c., bone "petition," from O.N. bon "a petition, prayer," from P.Gmc. *boniz (cf. O.E. ben "prayer, petition," bannan "to summon;" see ban).
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boon
in boon companion (1560s), only real survival of M.E. boon "good" (early 14c.), from O.Fr. bon (see bon).
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boon definition


  1. in.
    to leave the road in a car for the boondocks. : Tom has a four-wheel-drive so we can really boon!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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