boon
(adjective) very close and convivial; “boon companions”
blessing, boon
(noun) a desirable state; “enjoy the blessings of peace”; “a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
boon (plural boons)
(obsolete) A prayer; petition.
(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
(UK dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
• (a thing received) See gift and favor
• (a good thing) blessing; benefit
• bane
boon (not comparable)
(obsolete) Good; prosperous.
(archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign.
(Now only in boon companion) gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
boon (uncountable)
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
• shive, shove
• Bono, NOBO, Obon, noob
Source: Wiktionary
Boon, n. Etym: [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. b; akin to Sw. & Dan. b, AS. b, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. Ban, Bounty.]
1. A prayer or petition. [Obs.] For which to God he made so many an idle boon. Spenser.
2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).
Boon, a. Etym: [F. bon. See Boon, n.]
1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.]
2. Kind; bountiful; benign. Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.
3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. A boon companion, loving his bottle. Arbuthnot.
Boon, n. Etym: [Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.]
Definition: The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
