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Hidden; secret; privateHidden; secret; private.
/ˈdɜː(ɹ)n/
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal, obsolete)Hidden; secret; private.
Origin
From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“hidden, secret, retired,From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“hidden, secret, retired, obscure, remote, eluding detection, concealed, deceitful, evil, magical”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Doublet of terne.
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Forms
more dern, most dernWord family
1 related wordsDeriveddernly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.