DUNGEONED

Verb

dungeoned

simple past tense and past participle of dungeon

Source: Wiktionary


DUNGEON

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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