Date
Name Dagonet
Gender Masculine
Usage Arthurian Romance
Pronounced Pron. DAY-go-nay, DAY-gə-nay
Other Forms FormsDagenet, Dagonet, Danguenes
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Meaning & History
Meaning unknown, possibly from Old English dæg "day". Dagonet or Daguenet was a witless Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, usually described as the king's fool. Introduced in the Prose Lancelot, he becomes Arthur's beloved court jester in Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur and Tennyson's Idylls of the King.