Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dark, often underground chamber used to confine prisoners.
- noun A donjon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To confine in or as in a dungeon.
- noun The principal tower of a medieval castle.
- noun Hence A close cell; a deep, dark place of confinement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To shut up in a dungeon.
- noun A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the
donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
underground prison orvault , typically built underneath acastle . - noun obsolete The main
tower of amotte orcastle ; akeep ordonjon . - noun games An underground area inhabited by
enemies , containing story objectives, treasure andbosses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- noun a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Exchange Building it was, Isaac Hayne who was captured and put down there in what they called the dungeon, and hanged, I think.
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"When I was a SoBo we played in what we called a dungeon, but we always had it rocking," Range said.
unknown title 2009
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As an aside, has anyone found a full sets of in dungeon dialog for party members?
After Several Days Of Rain SVGL 2009
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The occasional five-man dungeon is about the most I can manage.
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Scott: I think that dungeon is pregenerated .. but they will be rendomly generated in the full game, I think.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Some things we know and don’t know about DIII 2008
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The dungeon is pretty equipped, has a medical table and has lots of flogging and corporeal equipment which is pretty impressive.
I made it! First night at Bellas…not bad. « Bound, Not Gagged 2008
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If you want to go to a certain dungeon, you have to be the right level, get all the right quests done, get a group together.
MeMe: Five questions nathreee 2007
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The most terrible thing for the prisoner within the four walls in which he is buried, is a sort of glacial chastity, and he calls the dungeon the castus.
Les Miserables 2008
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After days in the stinking Jakes they call a dungeon, feeding on cold swill, 'twill delight me to smash a few heads and rip out a few guts ere I fall.
Conan Of The Isles De Camp, L. Sprague 1968
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The most terrible thing for the prisoner within the four walls in which he is buried, is a sort of glacial chastity, and he calls the dungeon the castus.
vanishedone commented on the word dungeon
I think WeirdNet means the keep.
May 24, 2009