Durn vs Dern - What's the difference?
durn | dern |
(US, informal) Euphemism for darn, in itself a euphemism for damn.
Darn; damned; extremely.
(slang) Rhotized pronunciation of doing.
Hidden; secret; private.
* Dr. H. More, Immortal, of the Soul
* J. R. Drake, Culprit Fay
To hide; secrete, as in a hole.
To hide oneself; skulk.
(UK, dialect) A gatepost or doorpost.
As adjectives the difference between durn and dern
is that durn is euphemism for darn, in itself a euphemism for damn while dern is hidden; secret; private.As verbs the difference between durn and dern
is that durn is rhotized pronunciation of doing while dern is to hide; secrete, as in a hole.As an adverb durn
is darn; damned; extremely.As an interjection durn
is euphemism for darn, in itself a euphemism for damn.As a noun dern is
a secret; secrecy.durn
English
Adjective
(head)Derived terms
* durn tootin'Adverb
(-)Derived terms
* durn tootin'Verb
(head)- How ya durn ?
dern
English
Alternative forms
*Etymology 1
From (etyl) dern, derne, from (etyl) dyrne, . See below.Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) dern, derne, from (etyl) dyrne, .Adjective
(en adjective)- Now with their backs to the den's mouth they sit, / Yet shoulder not all light from the dern pit.
- Through dreary beds of tangled fern, / Through groves of nightshade dark and dern .
Etymology 3
From (etyl) dernen, .Verb
(en verb)- He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth. ? H. Miller.
- But look how soon they heard of Holoferne / Their courage quail'd, and they began to derne . ? T. Hudson.
Etymology 4
Uncertain.Noun
(en noun)- So I just put my eye between the wall and the dern of the gate, and I saw him come up to the back door''.., Charles Kingsley, ''Westward Ho! , Ch. XIV, How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings.