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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, magazine=( American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything
, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
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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
( -)
(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
( -)
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
( Webster 1913)
Anagrams
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curse English
Noun
( wikipedia curse)
( en noun)
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
* Shakespeare
- The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
A vulgar epithet.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith
, volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Where the profound meets the profane
, passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", " curses ", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
(slang) A woman's menses.
Derived terms
* curse of Scotland
Verb
(lb) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
*
*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed' the fate which had assigned such a duty, ' cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
*Bible, (w) xxii. 28
*:Thou shalt notcurse the ruler of thy people.
(lb) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
(lb) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
*Bible, (w) xxi. 74
*:Then began he to curse and to swear.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:His spirits hear me, / And yet I need must curse .
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:On impious realms and barbarous kings impose / Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
Synonyms
* (sense) swear
Antonyms
* bless
Anagrams
*
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