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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
durn (not comparable)
- (US, informal, euphemistic) darn; damn.
Derived terms
Adverb
durn (not comparable)
- (US, informal, euphemistic) Darn; damned; extremely.
1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate: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."
Interjection
durn
- (US, informal, euphemistic) darn; damn
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
durn
- (slang) Rhoticized pronunciation of doing.
- How ya durn?
Etymology 3
Noun
durn (plural durns)
- Alternative form of dern (“a doorpost”)
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian дурний (durnyj).
Adjective
durn m or n (feminine singular durnă, masculine plural durni, feminine and neuter plural durne)
- (Moldavia (region)) stupid
- (Moldavia (region)) insane
Declension
References
- durn in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN