Word of the Day - Dun

[debodun]

Dun (as a verb) - to make repeated and insistent demands, especially for the payment of a debt.

The bank dunned their creditor for repayment of a loan.

 

[TeeJay]

One dark and stormy night, my kid kept dunning me for his allowance, until he gave up when he was done.

 

[TeeJay]

A couple of big, burly mobsters tried dunning me for what I owed them, until I turned and pusillanimously ran away!

 

[Lavinia]

Dun is also the name of a colour...a sort of pale brown.

 

[debodun]

Yep, as an adjective.

 

[Alligatorob]

There seem to be other verb meanings:

dun - treat cruelly; bedevil, rag, torment, crucify, frustrate

dun - cure by salting; "dun codfish", cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat;; cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

dun - make a dun color, darken; make dark or darker (dun is a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color)

from https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dun

 

[JustDave]

That's a new one. I always enjoy the one's I've never heard of.

 

[Nemo2]

Dun, apparently, is/was also a fortress: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/dun-fort

(Perhaps sold/purchased by Dun & Bradstreet?)