dun
adjective
[ dʌn ]
• of a dull greyish-brown colour.
• "a dun cow"
dun
noun
• a dull greyish-brown colour.
• a horse with a sandy or sandy-grey coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe.
• a subadult mayfly, which has drab coloration and opaque wings.
Origin:
Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk.
dun
verb
• make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt.
• "after he left Oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts"
Similar:
importune,
solicit,
petition,
press,
pressurize,
plague,
pester,
nag,
harass,
hound,
badger,
beset,
mither,
hassle,
bug,
dun
noun
• a debt collector or an insistent creditor.
Origin:
early 17th century (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk.
dun
noun
• a stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The word is a frequent place-name element in Scotland and Ireland.
Origin:
early 18th century: from Irish dún, Scottish Gaelic dùn ‘hill or hill fort’.
