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verb (used with object)
1.
to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
noun
2.
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
3.
a demand for payment, especially a written one.
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Dunned
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1620–30; origin obscure
1620–30; origin obscure
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Word Origin & History
dun
O.E. dunn "dingy brown, dark-colored," perhaps from Celt. (cf. O.Ir. donn "dark"), from PIE *donnos, *dusnos "dark."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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