dun
Of a brownish grey colourOf a brownish grey colour.
» It's a good thing I don't suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Of a brownish grey colour.
graubraun, falb
серова́то-кори́чневыйserováto-koríčnevyj
of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
Examples
1 sentencesIt's a good thing I don't suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dun, donn, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-colorFrom 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”).
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