noun · uncountable · rare

dun

оленятко

серовато-коричневый

Graubraun

A brownish grey colourA brownish grey colour.

/dʌn/

» It's a good thing I don't suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Meaning

8 senses

(uncountable, usually)A brownish grey colour.
Graubraun
серова́то-кори́чневыйserováto-koríčnevyj
horse of a dull brownish grey color
(countable)A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
An urgent request or demand of payment.
(countable)A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
(countable)A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
A mound or small hill.

Examples

1 sentences

It's a good thing I don't suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English dun, donn, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-color

From Middle English dun, donn, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-colored, brownish black”), from Proto-West Germanic *duʀn, from Proto-Germanic *duznaz, *dusnaz (“brown, yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Old Saxon dun (“brown, dark”), Old High German tusin (“ash-gray, dull brown, pale yellow, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard; duck”).

Unknown; perhaps a variant of din. Several sources suggest origin from Joe Dun, the name of a bailiff known for arresting debtors, but this is controversial.

Uncertain; likely from the color.

From Irish dún or Scottish Gaelic dùn, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortress”). Cognate with Welsh dinas (“city”). Doublet of town.

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