dour

Definitions


[daʊə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
(e.g: a hard, dour, humourless fanatic)


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Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots): probably from Scottish Gaelic dúr ‘dull, obstinate, stupid’, perhaps from Latin durus ‘hard’




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