Durn vs Dure - What's the difference?
durn | dure |
(US, informal) Euphemism for darn, in itself a euphemism for damn.
Darn; damned; extremely.
(slang) Rhotized pronunciation of doing.
(label) To last, continue, endure.
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*:she was one of the damoysels of the lake that hy?te Nyneue // And euer she maade Merlyn good chere tyl she had lerned of hym al maner thynge that she desyred and he was assoted vpon her that he myghte not be from her / Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe but for al his craftes he shold be put in the erthe quyck
*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) XIII:
*:But he that was sowne in the stony grunde ys he, which heareth the worde of God, and anon with ioye receaveth itt, yet hath no rottes in himselfe, And therefore he dureth but a season.
(obsolete) hard; harsh; severe; rough
* W. H. Russell
As verbs the difference between durn and dure
is that durn is (slang) rhotized pronunciation of doing while dure is .As an adjective durn
is (us|informal) euphemism for darn, in itself a euphemism for damn.As an adverb durn
is darn; damned; extremely.As an interjection durn
is (us|informal) euphemism for darn, in itself a euphemism for damn.durn
English
Adjective
(head)Derived terms
* durn tootin'Adverb
(-)Derived terms
* durn tootin'Verb
(head)- How ya durn ?
dure
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Verb
(dur)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(en adjective)- The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.
