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dunn

Pronunciation: /dunn/

“dunn” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. dark, dun, brown, or black in color (glosses Latin fuscus and aquilus)
  2. bleak, dark, dim

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *duʀn, from Proto-Germanic *duznaz, *dusnaz (“brown; yellow”). Cognate with Old Saxon dunn, dun (“brown, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard”), Old Saxon dosan (“brown”), Old High German tusin (“ash-grey, dull brown”). Compare also Old Irish donn (“brown”).

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