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dun

1

[ duhn ]

verb (used with object)

, dunned, dun·ning.
  1. to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.


noun

  1. a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
  2. a demand for payment, especially a written one.

dun

2

[ duhn ]

adjective

  1. dull, grayish brown.
  2. dark; gloomy.

noun

  1. a dun color.
  2. a dun-colored horse with a black mane and tail.
  3. Angling. dun fly ( def ).

dun

1

/ dʌn /

noun

  1. a brownish-grey colour
  2. a horse of this colour
  3. angling
    1. an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera
    2. an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly


adjective

  1. of a dun colour
  2. dark and gloomy

dun

2

/ dʌn /

verb

  1. tr to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt

noun

  1. a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt
  2. a demand for payment, esp one in writing

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Other Words From

  • dunness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dun1

First recorded in 1620–30; origin obscure

Origin of dun2

First recorded before 1000; Middle English don, dun(ne), Old English dun; cognate with Old Saxon dun; probably of Celtic origin; compare Irish donn “dark,” Welsh dwnn “brownish”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dun1

Old English dunn; related to Old Norse dunna wild duck, Middle Irish doun dark; see dusk

Origin of dun2

C17: of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

Ledit Patriarche y alla, & avec vn truchement fit envers lui ce qui estoit de l'office d'un bon Pasteur.

On ne peut arracher tout d'un coup les coutumes & faons de faire inveteres d'un peuple quel que ce soit.

It is the last edition (Paris, 1840), and purports to be "augmente d'un examen critique et des preuves positives," &c.

Mais c'est là une mesure d'un intérêt défensif, qui ne fera pas faire un pas en avant.

Tel fut le destructeur d'un pouvoir légitime.Such was the man who trod on rightful power.

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