Etymology : Middle English, from Old English dunn; more at DUSK
Pronunciation : 'd&n
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. demand for payment; creditor. demand payment.
2. used like the word son: "What up, dun? " -- Nas (Represent [1994].
3. very dark, used in a negative setting as in dark and ugly: "They always let the motherfucking dun nigger hold the cash. " -- Lil Kim (Queen Bitch [????]). dun\dun\ , n. [see:
dune.] a mound or small hill.dun \dun\, v. t. to cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.dun \dun\ , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. dunned ; p. pr. & vb. n. dunning .] [as. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as e. din. . see:
din.] to ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. hath she sent so soon to dun?dun \dun\, n.
4. one who duns; a dunner. to be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun.
5. an urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.dun \dun\, a. [as. dunn. of celtic origin; cf. w. dwn, ir. & gael. donn.] of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- pierpont. chill and dun falls on the moor the brief november day.dun crow (zo?l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.dun diver (zo?l.), the goosander or merganser.dun e \dune\ , n. [the same word as down: cf. d. duin. see:
down a bank of sand.] a low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [written also dun.] three great rivers, the rhine, the meuse, and the scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths.dun of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie" n.
6. horse of a dull brownish gray color.
7. a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat" [syn: grayish brown, greyish brown, fawn] v 1: annoy constantly [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate] 2: persistently ask for overdue payment; "the grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone".
8. cure by salting; "dun codfish".
9. make a dun colordun dial up networking.
10. A mound or small hill.
11. To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.
12. To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
13. One who duns; a dunner.
14. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
15. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. horse of a dull brownish gray color a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat" make a dun color cure by salting; "dun codfish" persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie" Insensible; unfeeling.
16. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
17. Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.
18. Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
19. Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.
20. Something that is dun is a dull grey-brown colour. her dun mare. a brownish-grey colour.
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