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boonest

boonest is the superlative form of boon.

Meaning of boon

Adjective

boon (comparative booner, superlative boonest)

  1. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
    • Greedily ſhe ingorg’d without restraint, / And knew not eating Death: Satiate at length, / And hight’nd as with Wine, jocond and boon, / Thus to herſelf ſhe pleaſingly began.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign.
    • With mazie error under pendant ſhades / Ran Nectar, viſiting each plant, and fed /Flours worthy of Paradiſe which not nice Art / In Beds and curious Knots, but Nature boon / Powrd forth profuſe on Hill and Dale and Plaine, / […]1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (obsolete) Good; prosperous.
    • boon voyage

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Questions about boonest

What is boonest the superlative form of?
Boonest is the superlative form of boon.

Words near boonest in the dictionary

  1. boondy
  2. Boone
  3. Boone County
  4. booner
  5. booners
  6. boonest
  7. Booneville
  8. booney hat
  9. boonfellow
  10. boonfellows
  11. boong

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