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bane

[ beyn ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that ruins or spoils:

    Gambling was the bane of his existence.

  2. a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants):

    wolfsbane;

    henbane.

  3. death; destruction; ruin.
  4. Obsolete. that which causes death or destroys life:

    entrapped and drowned beneath the watery bane.



bane

1

/ 产别瑟苍 /

noun

  1. a person or thing that causes misery or distress (esp in the phrase bane of one's life )
  2. something that causes death or destruction
    1. a fatal poison
    2. ( in combination )

      ratsbane

  3. archaic.
    ruin or distress
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bane

2

/ 产别瑟苍; ben /

noun

  1. a Scot word for bone
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bane1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English bana 鈥渟layer鈥; cognate with Old Norse bani 鈥渄eath, murderer,鈥 Old Frisian bona 鈥渕耻谤诲别谤,鈥 Old Saxon bano 鈥渕耻谤诲别谤别谤,鈥 Old High German bano 鈥渟濒补测别谤,鈥 bana 鈥渄eath鈥; akin to Armenian 前苍前别濒 鈥渢o destroy,鈥 Greek 迟丑别铆苍别颈苍 鈥渢o strike,鈥 Latin -fendere 鈥渢o strike,鈥 Persian zahr 鈥减辞颈蝉辞苍,鈥 Polish 驳辞苍颈膰 鈥渢o pursue,鈥 Sanskrit 丑谩苍迟颈 鈥渢o strike鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bane1

Old English bana ; related to Old Norse bani death, Old High German bano destruction, death
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Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer鈥檚 existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook.

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