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dunness

dunness noun: the quality of being dun in colour.

Noun

dunness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being dun in colour.
    • And yet thou thinkest, sad child, whose years have scarce passed into woman, that the sun, once set, never comes back to life! But even while we speak, thy morning draws near, and the dunness of cloud takes the hues of the rose!1848, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter VII, in Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings; […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, book V (Death and Love), page 53
    • […] up a hard and stony mountain path to Styhead Pass, whence the contrast between the dunness of the bare mountains and the fertility of green valleys was most striking […]1895 October, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 76, page 520

Origin of dunness

From dun + -ness.

Questions about dunness

What does dunness mean?
Dunness means the quality of being dun in colour.
What part of speech is dunness?
Dunness is a noun.

Words near dunness in the dictionary

  1. dunner
  2. Dunner stunner
  3. Dunner stunners
  4. dunners
  5. Dunnes
  6. dunness
  7. dunnest
  8. Dunnet Head
  9. Dunnett
  10. Dunneworthy
  11. dunnier

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