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dun
1[ duhn ]
verb (used with object)
, dunned, dun·ning.
- to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
noun
- a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- a demand for payment, especially a written one.
dun
2[ duhn ]
adjective
- dull, grayish brown.
- dark; gloomy.
noun
- a dun color.
- a dun-colored horse with a black mane and tail.
- Angling. dun fly ( def ).
dun
1/ dʌn /
noun
- a brownish-grey colour
- a horse of this colour
- angling
- an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera
- an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly
adjective
- of a dun colour
- dark and gloomy
dun
2/ dʌn /
verb
- tr to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt
noun
- a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt
- a demand for payment, esp one in writing
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Other Words From
- dunness 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.
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On ne peut arracher tout d'un coup les coutumes & faons de faire inveteres d'un peuple quel que ce soit.
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It is the last edition (Paris, 1840), and purports to be "augmente d'un examen critique et des preuves positives," &c.
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Mais c'est là une mesure d'un intérêt défensif, qui ne fera pas faire un pas en avant.
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Tel fut le destructeur d'un pouvoir légitime.Such was the man who trod on rightful power.
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