Deign vs Boon - What's the difference?
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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between deign and boon is that deign is (obsolete) to esteem worthy; to consider worth notice while boon is (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage". As a verb deign is to condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity. As a noun boon is (obsolete) a prayer; petition or boon can be the woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. As an adjective boon is (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage".
deign English
Verb
( en verb)
To condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity.
- He didn't even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.
To condescend to give; to do something.
* William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I scene II:
- Nor would we deign him burial of his men.
* 1871 , Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease, Or, The Brother's Wife (volume 2, page 189)
- He, who usually hardly deigned a glance at his infants, now lay gazing with inexpressible softness and sadness at the little sleeping face
(obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
* 1598?' , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona , Act I, scene I, line 162-3
- I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,receiving them from such a worthless post.
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boon English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A prayer; petition.
* :
- For which to God he made so many an idle boon
(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
* :
- Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above
* 1872 , (James De Mille), The Cryptogram :
- I gave you life. Can you not return the boon by giving me death, my lord?
A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
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An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Synonyms
* blessing
* benefit
Antonyms
* bane
Etymology 2
From (etyl) boon, bone, from .
Adjective
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(obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"
kind; bountiful; benign
* Milton
- Which Nature boon / Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
gay; merry; jovial; convivial
* Arbuthnot
- a boon companion, loving his bottle
* Episode 16
- --No, Mr Bloom repeated again, I wouldn't personally repose much trust in that boon companion of yours who contributes the humorous element, if I were in your shoes.
Quotations
* Which ... Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain —
* A boon companion, loving his bottle —
Etymology 3
From Gaelic and Irish via Scots.
Noun
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The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
( Webster 1913)
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