Definizione monolingua

boon

boon (plural boons)

1. (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
2. (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 — James I. 17

3. A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.

   Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.

   Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.

4. (UK dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.

boon (not comparable)

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

   He was a boon companion to have around

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 16

     --No, Mr Bloom repeated again, I wouldnt personally repose much trust in that boon companion of yours who contributes the humorous element, if I were in your shoes.

Definizione dizionario boon

bene

dono

favore

grazia

vantaggio

Altri significati:

kind; bountiful; benign

(archaic) that which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present

A blessing or benefit.

a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present

gay; merry; jovial; convivial

(obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"

(obsolete) a prayer or petition

a prayer or petition

A blessing or benefit