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語源

Borrowed from Old French donjon (“main residence of a castle, fortified tower”). The sense "underground cell below the keep of a castle", first attested in Anglo-Norman (13th c.) and not in other varieties of Old French, may have been influenced by the etymologically unrelated 古期英語 dung (“underground prison cell”). An early manuscript (c1300) of the 中期英語 poem A disputacion bytwene þe bodi and þe soule uses the word "donge" in the same line, cited below, where the later Vernon manuscript (c. 1380-1400) uses the word "dungoun" ("Þe erþe hemsulf it lek aȝeyn, Anon þe donge it was fordit").

発音

• IPA: /dunˈdʒuːn/, /ˈdundʒun/

名詞

dongeoun

1. A castle; a great fortification.
2. The keep or donjon of a castle.
3. A dungeon; an underground prison.
   • c. 1325 – 1390, A disputacion bytwene þe bodi and þe soule , (Vernon manuscript):

     The eorthe closede hit self aȝeyn, And the dungoun was for-dit.

4. (figurative) An abyssal prison, such as Hell or the world.
5. (rare) A rough dwelling or refuge.
6. (rare) A pit; an abyss.
7. (rare) A whirlpool or vortex.

関連する語

• dingle

派生した語

• English: dungeon, donjon
• Scots: dungeon

参照

Further reading

• “dǒnǧǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.