Boon

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Table of contents

1 Etymology 2 Noun 2.1 Quotations 3 Etymology 4 Adjective 4.1 Quotations

Etymology

From Middle English, originally meaning prayer, from Old Norse bόn, from Germanic roots. Influenced by French bon meaning good, and Latin meaning bonus

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
3. (obsolete) a prayer or petition

Quotations

• For which to God he made so many an idle boon — Spenser
• Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above — James I. 17

Etymology

From French bon meaning good

Adjective

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

   He was a boon companion to have around

Quotations

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