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单词 bones
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Bonesn.

Brit. /bəʊnz/, U.S. /boʊnz/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Skull and Bones n.
Etymology: Short for Skull and Bones n.
U.S.
The Skull and Bones, an exclusive and secretive senior undergraduate society at Yale University; see Skull and Bones n. Also and in earliest use attributive; cf. Bones man n. at Compounds.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure
honeycombOE
sweetness?c1225
dainty1340
sweet1377
delicec1390
lust1390
pleasancec1390
pleasingc1390
well-queema1400
well-queemnessa1400
douceurc1400
delectation?a1425
pleasure1443
pleaserc1447
delectabilitiesa1500
deliciositiesa1500
honeydew1559
delicacy1586
fancy1590
sugar candy1591
regalo1622
happiness1637
deliciousness1651
complacence1667
regalea1677
sweetener1741
bon-bon1856
Bones1869
jam1871
true love1893
nuts1910
barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915
G-spot1983
society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies
fraternity1777
Phi Beta Kappa1799
union1817
law society1821
Skull and Bones1845
Bones1869
corps1874
frat1895
sorority1900
union1911
Nusas1925
1869 Yale Lit. Mag. Apr. 305 It was apparently poor policy in the Bones editors to attempt its [sc. an article on ‘Collegial Ingenuity’] suppression.
1966 J. Dos Passos Best of Times (1968) iv. 143 Suppose he'd gone to Yale and been tapped for Bones like Don Stewart.
2015 B. Balogh Associational State ii. 49 Ostensibly choosing its members based on merit, Bones judged men by their contributions to life at Yale.

Compounds

Bones man n. U.S. a member of Yale University's exclusive ‘Skull and Bones’ society; cf. Skull and Bones n.
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1871 College Courant 18 Mar. 121/1 The Yale dialect:... Bones man, a member of the Skull and Bones senior society.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 574/4 The piety that binds a ‘Bones’ man at Yale to his society.
2003 S. Sora Secret Soc. of Amer. Elite xvii. 290 A third president William Howard Taft, was a ‘Bonesman’ [before George Bush and George W. Bush]... Then again, the support from fellow Bonesmen means they have clout—enough clout to get to the White House.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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