DUNGEON

dungeon

(noun) a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

keep, donjon, dungeon

(noun) the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dungeon (plural dungeons)

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.

(obsolete) A shrewd person.

(games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.

(BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Hyponyms

• oubliette

Verb

dungeon (third-person singular simple present dungeons, present participle dungeoning, simple past and past participle dungeoned)

(transitive) To imprison in a dungeon.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dun"geon, n. Etym: [OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon.]

Definition: A close, dark prison, commondonjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay.

Dun"geon, v. t.

Definition: To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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