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dungeon

[ duhn-juhn ]

noun

  1. a strong, dark prison or cell, usually underground, as in a medieval castle.
  2. the keep or stronghold of a castle; donjon.


dungeon

/ ˈdʌndʒən /

noun

  1. a close prison cell, often underground
  2. a variant of donjon


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dungeon1

1250–1300; Middle English dungeo ( u ) n, dongeoun, dungun < Middle French donjon < Vulgar Latin *domniōn- (stem of *domniō ) keep, mastery, syncopated variant of *dominiōn- dominion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dungeon1

C14: from Old French donjon; related to Latin dominus master

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Example Sentences

Couple walked towards the opposite end of the dungeon, where she previously played with Destiny.

She began operating out of her home garage in 1980, slowly acquiring the many props and tools that would decorate her dungeon.

November 2013 saw the release of a second video game Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!

Because he has so many fond memories of the two-story dungeon.

Yet, to many who encountered him outside his dungeon, he seemed generally cheery.

In a dungeon of the corresponding tower, on this side of the castle, was the prison of Ripperda.

Being fully equipped, Ripperda looked around him on the walls of his dungeon.

In the midst of these meditations, the dungeon door opened, and Santa Cruz himself appeared on the threshold.

These inward joys peopled her solitude with society, and dispelled even from the dungeon its gloom.

The ruffians forced the gates, drove in the dungeon doors with cannon, and for five days and five nights continued the slaughter.

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