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dun (1)

dun [ dun ]


noun  (plural duns)
Definition:
 
1. colors brownish gray color: a brownish gray color

2. riding brownish gray horse: a horse with a brownish gray coat, black mane, tail, and legs, and usually a dark stripe on its back



adjective  (comparative dun·ner, superlative dun·nest)
Definition:
 
1. colors brownish gray: of a dun color

2. gloomy: darkly bleak and depressing ( literary )
a dun and bare prairie

[ Old English dunn< Indo-European]
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