"'King Kull,' said Delcardes, 'I crave a boon of you—before Seremes begins to speak—when I must be silent.'"
-The Cat and the Skull
boon.
[bo͞on]
NOUN
boons (plural noun)
1.a thing that is helpful or beneficial:
synonyms: blessing · godsend · bonus · plus · benefit · advantage · help · aid · asset · stroke of luck · windfall
antonyms: curse
2.
archaic
a favor or request:
ORIGIN
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘request for a favor’): from Old Norse bón.
boon.
[bo͞on]
ADJECTIVE
boon companion (noun) · boon companions (plural noun) (of a companion or friend) close; intimate; favorite:
ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: boon from Old French bon, from Latin bonus ‘good.’ The early literal sense was ‘good fellow,’ originally denoting a drinking companion.
A Well of Heroes: Two:
Literary Impressions of the Prose and Verse of Robert E. Howard
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