boon adj : very close and convivial; "boon companions" n : a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: blessing]

see bon

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, originally meaning prayer, from Old Norse bόn (Swedish bön), from Germanic. Influenced by French bon, Latin bonus ‘good’.

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Pronunciation

• /buːn/

  Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

1. a blessing or benefit

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

   Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.

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

3. a prayer or petition

Quotations

• For which to God he made so many an idle boon — Spenser

Etymology 2

From French bon meaning good

Adjective

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

   He was a boon companion to have around

Quotations

• Which ... Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain — Milton
• A boon companion, loving his bottle — Arbuthnot

Boon is an archaic English word meaning a prayer or a request, most commonly preserved in the phrase to grant a boon. Boon is also a common Chinese name derived from the Chinese Character 'Wen', meaning honest and kind. It is a name most commonly found in Hokkien Families, and Chinese from South China.

"Boon" may refer to:

Places:

• Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana
• Boon Township, Michigan
• Boon Lake Township, Minnesota

People:

• Clint Boon, musician and member of indie rock group the Inspiral Carpets
• D. Boon, guitarist and lead singer of the punk rock group The Minutemen
• Dany Boon, French comedian
• David Boon, Tasmanian cricketer
• Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat
• Jaak Boon, Belgian television writer
• Louis Paul Boon, Flemish novelist
• Boon Gould, Lead guitarist of Level 42

Boon may also refer to:

• Boon language, a nearly extinct East Cushitic language
• Boon (TV series), a British television series starring Michael Elphick
• Boon (brewery), a Belgian brewery
• Marukibi Boon, an Osamu Tezuka stock character.
• Boon (fashion magazine), a Japanese fashion magazine
• Boon, a character in Black Water, the fifth book in The Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale

See also

• Boone

advantage, avail, award, behalf, behoof, benediction, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benison, blessing, blithe, blithesome, compliment, convivial, favor, festive, free and easy, gain, gay, gift, gleeful, godsend, good, grace, gratuity, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, interest, jocund, jolly, jovial, largess, loaves and fishes, manna, manna from heaven, mirthful, present, profit, reward, welfare, well-being, world of good