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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

durn en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /dɜː(ɹ)n/

Meanings

  1. (US, euphemistic, informal, not-comparable) darn; damn.

Deriveds

durn tootin'

durn en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɜː(ɹ)n/

Meanings

  1. (US, euphemistic, informal, not-comparable) Darn; damned; extremely.
    • These guys probably had a crudload of sand kicked in their faces in grade school, and now carry this primal sandbox grudge to the poli sci classroom, where they finally have the power over us durn bratty schoolkids. 1994, James A. Wiggins, Beverly B. Wiggins, James Wilfrid Vander Zanden, Social Psychology, 5, illustrated edition, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 176:
    • The older man eyed him for a moment bale fully. "I'm goin' to set 'em again," he replied, "and don't you touch 'em. I'm goin' to trap where I durn please. There's two of you, but you don't bluff me out, not any." 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:

durn en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɜː(ɹ)n/

Meanings

  1. (US, euphemistic, informal) darn; damn

Deriveds

durn tootin'

durn en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɜː(ɹ)n/

Meanings

  1. (slang) Rhoticized pronunciation of doing.
    • How ya durn?

durn en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɜː(ɹ)n/

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of dern (“a doorpost”).
    alt of dern

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durn en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɜː(ɹ)n/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of duration.
    alt of duration

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