dun
1
[ duhn ]
/ dʌn /
verb (used with object), dunned, dun·ning.
to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
noun
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
a demand for payment, especially a written one.
Origin of dun
1
First recorded in 1620–30; origin obscure
Words nearby dun
Definition for dun (2 of 2)
dun
2
[ duhn ]
/ dʌn /
adjective
dull, grayish brown.
dark; gloomy.
noun
Origin of dun
2
before 1000; Middle English
dun(ne), Old English
dunn; cognate with Old Saxon
dun
OTHER WORDS FROM dun
dun·ness, nounExample sentences from the Web for dun
British Dictionary definitions for dun (1 of 2)
dun
1
/ (dʌn) /
verb duns, dunning or dunned
(tr)
to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt
noun
a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt
a demand for payment, esp one in writing
Word Origin for dun
C17: of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for dun (2 of 2)
dun
2
/ (dʌn) /
noun
a brownish-grey colour
a horse of this colour
angling
- an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera
- an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly
adjective dunner or dunnest
of a dun colour
dark and gloomy
Word Origin for dun
Old English
dunn; related to Old Norse
dunna wild duck, Middle Irish
doun dark; see
dusk