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单词 boonless
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boonlessadj.

/ˈbuːnlɪs/
Etymology: < boon n.1 + -less suffix.
Without a boon. (In boonless boon (imitating Greek ἄδωρον δῶρον) ‘a gift that is no gift.).
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [adjective] > that is not a gift
boonless1863
1863 P. S. Worsley Phaethon in Poems & Transl. 6 Thou hast asked a boonless boon.
1863 P. S. Worsley Phaethon in Poems & Transl. 13 How boonless were the boon, if this were all.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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