dun

Meaning

Noun

A brownish grey colour.

Adj

Of a brownish grey colour.

Verb

1. (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
2. (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.

Verb

1. (alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do.
2. (alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do not.

Verb

To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance.

Intj

Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music.

Synonyms

grayish brown

bill collector

brownish

greyish brown

greyish

bedevil

donkey-gray

dun-colored

pester

plague

rag

crucify

reminder

frustrate

dun for debts

grayish brown

greyish

fawn

grey

torment

eat

🍽️

exact

ferret

fret

get to

gray

harry

hassle

hope

importune

inherit

invoice

lay

afflict

rankle

sorrel

succeed

sue

tease

undeveloped

urge

vex

will

wish

dust colour

dark brown

dun-coloured

dunner

greyish-brown

Isabel

Translations

mahnen

manen

pardo

aanmanen

pardo

frustrar

lembrança

esmer

sollecito

aanmaning

falb

καστανόφαιο

Falbe

grigio brunastro

sıkıştırmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dun

Inherited from Old English: dunn

Cognate with Old Saxon: dun

Cognate with Old High German: tusin

Cognate with Old Norse: dunna

Cognate with Middle Welsh: dwnn

Cognate with Old Irish: donn

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: donn

Cognate with Old Saxon: dosan

Cognate with Welsh: dinas

In summary

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”).
Alternative etymology derives the Old English word from Brythonic (compare Middle Welsh dwnn (“dark (red)”)), from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (compare Old Irish donn and Scottish Gaelic donn (“brown”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (compare Old Saxon dosan (“chestnut brown”)). More at dusk.