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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blessing, boonnoun

    a desirable state

    "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"

  2. boonadjective

    very close and convivial

    "boon companions"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Boonadjective

    Gay; merry; as, a boon companion.

    Etymology: bon, Fr.

    Satiate at length,
    And heighten’d as with wine, jocund and boon,
    Thus to herself she pleasingly began. Parad. Lost, b. ix.

    I know the infirmity of our family; we are apt to play the boon companion, and throw our money away in our cups. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.

  2. Boonnoun

    A gift; a grant; a benefaction; a present.

    Etymology: from bene , Sax. a petition.

    Vouchsafe me for my meed but one fair look:
    A smaller boon than this I cannot beg,
    And less than this, I’m sure, you cannot give. William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona.

    That courtier, who obtained a boon of the emperour, that he might every morning whisper him in the ear, and say nothing, asked no unprofitable suit for himself. Francis Bacon.

    The blust’ring fool has satisfy’d his will;
    His boon is giv’n; his knight has gain’d the day,
    But lost the prize. John Dryden, Fables.

    What rhetorick didst thou use,
    To gain this mighty boon? she pities me! Joseph Addison, Cato.

ChatGPT

  1. boon

    A boon is a thing that is helpful or beneficial, often a favor or blessing. It is something good that improves one's life, solves a problem, or brings about happiness or success. It can also refer to timely help or a gift bestowed upon someone, especially in response to a request.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Boonnoun

    a prayer or petition

  2. Boonnoun

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

  3. Boonnoun

    good; prosperous; as, boon voyage

  4. Boonnoun

    kind; bountiful; benign

  5. Boonnoun

    gay; merry; jovial; convivial

  6. Boonnoun

    the woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching

Wikidata

  1. Boon

    Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV. It revolved around the life of a modern-day Lone Ranger and ex-firefighter, Ken Boon.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Boon

    bōōn, n. a petition: a gift or favour. [Ice. bôn, a prayer; A.S. ben.]

  2. Boon

    bōōn, adj. gay, merry, or kind. [Fr. bon—L. bonus, good.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BOON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Boon is ranked #13370 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Boon surname appeared 2,279 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Boon.

    79.6% or 1,814 total occurrences were White.
    8.4% or 192 total occurrences were Asian.
    5.9% or 135 total occurrences were Black.
    2.7% or 63 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.6% or 60 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.6% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of boon in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of boon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of boon in a Sentence

  1. Horace:

    In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

  2. Richard Tinker:

    These things always look very impressive when they happen — and this one certainly is impressive — but down the road, depending on how things go, they might not be quite the boon that you think that they are at the beginning, but from a reservoir standpoint, we’d rather have it than not have it.

  3. Steve Salisbury:

    The genus name, Thapunngaka, incorporates thapun [ ta-boon ] and ngaka [ nga-ga ], the Wanamara words for' spear' and' mouth', respectively, the species name, shawi, honours the fossil's discoverer Len Shaw, so the name means' Shaw's spear mouth'.

  4. Andrew Tabler:

    They think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again, this recent outburst of diplomacy is because everyone was becoming concerned, and rightfully so. But the results of that process were remarkably poor. They seem to cement the earlier political positions of the region when it comes to Syria.

  5. David Mamet:

    The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.

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