bounden

American  

[boun-duhn] / ˈbaʊn dən /

adjective

1. obligatory; compulsory.

   one's bounden duty.

2. Archaic. under obligation; obliged; beholden.

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bounden British  

/ ˈbaʊndən /

adjective

1. morally obligatory (archaic except in the phrase bounden duty )

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Etymology

Origin of bounden

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, variant of bound ¹

Example Sentences

Creator Adriaan de Jongh previously designed Bounden, a game that used a smartphone to turn strangers into dance partners.

From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2017

Hidden Folks is being designed by Dutch game developer Adriaan de Jongh, who previously worked on the iPhone ballet game Bounden and the multiplayer, multitouch game Fingle.

From The Verge • Mar. 15, 2016

The character in one, Bounden Duty, even receives a call from the White House, in which the president asks him to “act normal”, something he at once finds impossible to do.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2015

Developed in collaboration with the Dutch National Ballet, Bounden will make you and a partner, each holding one end of the phone, twist and tilt and do something that vaguely resemble dancing.

From The Verge • Nov. 26, 2014

"Paul and Silas, bound in jail," was often sung "Bounden Cyrus born in jail;" "Ring Jerusalem" appeared as "Ring Rosy Land," etc., etc.

From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware