darnn.¹

Etymology: < darn v.¹

The act or result of darning; a hole or rent mended by darning.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > mending fabric or clothing > hole or rent repaired by darning

darn1720

1720 London Gaz. No. 5868/9 1..Muslin Apron, with a large Darn in the Bottom.

1851 Beck's Florist 40 Then she'd..wash my linen, or put a patch here and a darn there.

1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. I. 245 One pair of stockings, such a mass of darns that hardly a trace of the original wool remains.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

darnn.²

Forms: Also durn.

Etymology: Compare darn adv. and adj.

slang (originally U.S.).

by darn, used as a form of asseveration. Also not to care a darn or not to give a darn, not to care at all.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)]

to put in no chaloir1477

not to care1490

to let the world wag (as it will)c1525

not to care a chip1556

to hang loose (to)1591

(to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632

not to careor matter a farthing1647

not to care a doit1660

(not) to care twopencea1744

not to give a curse (also damn)1763

not to care a dump1821

not to care beans1833

not to care a darn1840

not to give a darn1840

not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861

not to care (also give) a whoop1867

(to care) not a fouter1871

not to care (or give) a toss1876

not to give (also care) a fuck1879

je m'en fiche1889

not to care a dit(e)1907

je m'en fous1918

not to give a shit1918

to pay no nevermind1946

not to give a sod1949

not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960

not to give a stuff1974

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn

damn1589

damnationa1616

damme1645

darn1781

darned1808

by darn1840

doggone1857

dammit1894

hot damn1929

bollocks1940

dammit1956

1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer II. iv. 206 But, by darn, the capting's cleared out without speaking to one..but ourselves.

1850 W. K. Northall Life & Recoll. Yankee Hill 119 You may put down all our family... I don't care a darn.

1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine xxiv. 330 I don't care a darn how many Miss Betsy's I git.

1867 G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood 32 I can't say that es a human shut [sc. shirt] I'd gin a durn fur a dozin ove em.

1891 M. E. Ryan Told in Hills 92 I don't care a darn about the sheep just now.

1918 Sat. Evening Post 5 Jan. 12 If I'd been as big as you be they wouldn't have cared a durn about my eyes.

1920 J. Galsworthy Foundations i.Anne. Which do you like to be called—John or James? James. I don't give a darn.

1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) i. 8 I would love shooting and kicking out at my enemies, not giving a darn what they try to do to me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

darnv.¹

Brit.

/dɑːn/, U.S.

/dɑrn/

Forms: Forms 1600s–1700s dern, dearn, 1600s– darn; 1800s Scottish dern.

Etymology: Derivation unknown. The verb appears about 1600, and becomes at once quite common: it may be that this particular way of repairing a hole or rent was then introduced. The form suggests relationship to dern n.² (later darn) secret, hidden, and its verb dern, darn to conceal, put out of sight; but satisfactory connecting links between the two have not yet been found. On the other hand the Celtic derivation suggested by Wedgwood is absolutely inadmissible. Welsh darn ‘piece, fragment’ has no association with darning or mending in any way, and the sense ‘patch’ given by Owen Pughe is correct only in the sense that a ‘piece’ may be used to patch. The Welsh darnio hosan would mean ‘to cut a stocking to pieces’ (with a knife); ‘to darn a stocking’ is creithio hosan. (D. Silvan Evans, and Prof. Rhŷs.)

a. transitive. To mend (clothes, etc., esp. stockings) by filling-in a hole or rent with yarn or thread interwoven so as to form a kind of texture. (This is done with a darning-needle.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [verb (transitive)] > mend fabric or clothing

to make againc1384

stop1480

draw1592

darnc1600

to draw up1603

fine-draw1665

plain-darn1880

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > repair or mend

draw1592

darnc1600

to draw up1603

ranter1607

fine-draw1665

clobber1851

plain-darn1880

c1600 Househ. Bk. Q. Elizabeth in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 294 The Serjant hath for his fee, all the coverpannes, drinking towells, and other linen clothe..that are darned.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 967 For spinning, weaving, derning and drawing up a rent.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rentraire,..to draw, dearne, or sow vp a rent in a garment.

1697 London Gaz. No. 3303/4 Breeches darned with Worsted at the Knees.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 Four Pair of Silk-Stockings curiously derned.

1836 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 63 The holes in the stair-carpet all darned.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. iii. 43 His grey stockings were darned with blue worsted.

absolute.1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It i. i. 11 I can sow plain-work, I can darn and stitch.1875 L. S. Floyer Plain Needlework 18 The machine is not yet invented which can patch or darn.figurative.1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 25 To dearn up the rents of schisme by calling a councell.

b. To thread one's way in and out between obstacles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > through or over obstacles > between obstacles

mesh1665

darn1890

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > make zig-zag course > between obstacles

darn1890

weave1898

1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. No. 897. 9/1 Lithe bodies..darning themselves out and in of the many-coloured seething crowd.

c. transferred. To mend (a hole in a wall, road, etc.) by filling-in.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > fill in gaps

stop1388

beamfill1469

stuff1601

caulk1616

run1657

strike1668

fog1678

chinse1770

sneck1792

darn1801

pug1820

chink1822

grout1838

fillet1843

gallet1851

slush1875

putty1879

spackle1950

1801 W. Beattie Entertaining & Instruct. Tales (1813) i. 30 He staps wi' strae ilk navus bore, An' ilka crevice darns.

1850 ‘H. Hieover’ Pract. Horsemanship 146 There is a mode of keeping our present roads in order, that I have heard termed ‘darning’ them: i.e. if a part is seen somewhat lower than the surface, the unbroken pieces of granite are got up to it, and there left to be crushed by the wheels of carriages.

2. To ornament or embroider with darning-stitch.

ΘΚΠ

couchc1405

clock1521

nerve1532

re-embroider1659

herringbone1787

hem-stitcha1839

wavela1844

to lay on1880

darn1882

faggot1883

feather-stitch1884

overcast1891

clox1922

needlepoint1975

1882 [implied in: S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 148/1 The embroidery is done in Satin stitch or in plain Darning. (at darning n. 1c)].

1900 L. F. Day & M. Buckle Art in Needlewk. 108 The flower stalk is defined by darning the first row in a darker colour.

1900 L. F. Day & M. Buckle Art in Needlewk. 108 The background is darned diaper fashion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

darnv.²

Forms: also dern, durn.

Etymology: Alteration of damn v.

Chiefly U.S. colloquial.

transitive and intransitive. In profane use: ‘confound’; = damn v. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn

damn1589

damnationa1616

damme1645

darn1781

darned1808

by darn1840

doggone1857

dammit1894

hot damn1929

bollocks1940

dammit1956

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn'

darn1781

drat1815

ding1822

nation1825

1781 Pennsylvania Jrnl. 20 June In New England prophane swearing..is so far from polite as to be criminal, and many..use..substitutions such as darn it, for d—n it.

1809 A. B. Lindsley Love & Friendship 8 Darn my skin 'f you wouldn't dewe it.

1825 J. K. Paulding J. Bull in Amer. iii. 36 If I don't have him before the justice, darn my soul.

1830 Western Monthly Rev. 3 358 He derned, and grunted, but could not move a muscle.

1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1872) 92 Darn it all, it fairly makes my dander rise.

1848 J. J. Hooper Widow Rugby in Some Adventures Simon Suggs 128 Who dars to call me hit? Dern his old gray har, it shan't purtect him!

1861 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe v. My boy..was lost in a typhoon in the China sea; darn they lousy typhoons!

1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called Durn the staff and Joe Brown, too.

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xviii. 226 ‘Dod dern’ was the nearest he ventured to the luxury of swearing.

1891 H. C. Bunner Short Sixes 100 ‘Dern you,’ said the keeper to Dr. Tibbitt.

1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 176 It was as much as a man's life was worth to say ‘durn’ out loud.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt v. 51 Darn it, I thought you'd quit this darn smoking!

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt viii. 119 Every small American town is trying to get population and modern ideals. And darn if a lot of 'em don't put it across!

1968 Globe & Mail Mag. (Toronto) 17 Feb. 9/3 ‘Play, darn it!’ he shouted to the open-mouthed pianist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

darnadv.adj.

Forms: Also dern, durn.

Etymology: Arbitrary perversion of damn adj. and adv.

slang (originally U.S.).

A. adv.

Extremely, intensely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

swithlyc888

micklelyeOE

swith971

hardOE

un-i-fohOE

sevenfoldlOE

unmeet?c1225

innerlyc1330

horribly1340

too1340

sore1474

horriblec1475

vehemently1483

outrageous1487

done?a1513

exquisite1529

strangely1532

exceeding1535

exceedingly1535

angardlyc1540

angerlyc1540

choicec1540

vengeable1542

vengeably?1550

extremelya1554

monstrous1569

thrice1579

amain1587

extremea1591

damnably1598

fellc1600

tyrannically1602

exquisitely1603

damnedly1607

preciously1607

damnablea1616

impensively1620

excellingly1621

main1632

fearful1634

vengeancelya1640

upsy1650

impensely1657

twadding1657

vastly1664

hideous1667

mainly1670

consumed1707

consumedly1707

outrageously1749

damned1757

nation1771

shockingly1777

deuced1779

darn1789

darned1807

felly1807

varsal1814

awful1816

awfy1816

frightfully1816

deucedly1819

dogged1819

awfully1820

gallowsa1823

shocking1831

tremendously1832

everlasting1833

terribly1833

fearfully1835

ripping1838

poison1840

thundering1853

frighteninglyc1854

raring1854

hell's own1863

goldarned1866

goddamned1870

doggone1871

acutely1872

whooping1874

stupidly1878

everlastingly1879

hideously1882

densely1883

storming1883

good and1885

thunderingly1885

crazy1887

tremendous1887

madly1888

goldarn1892

howling1895

murderously1916

rasted1919

goddam1921

bitchingly1923

Christly1923

bitching1929

falling-down1930

lousy1932

appallingly1937

stratospherically1941

Christ almighty1945

effing1945

focking1956

dagnab1961

drop-dead1980

hella1987

totes2006

1789 N. Webster Diss. Eng. Lang. 385 The word (dern) is in common use in New England and pronounced darn. It has not, however, the sense it had formerly; it is now used as an adverb to qualify an adjective, as darn sweet; denoting a great degree of the quality.

1797 D. Mackintosh et al. Plain Rational Ess. Eng. Gram. 82 We say, dea′rn or da′rn, heark′en, heart′, hearth′.

1869 P. T. Barnum Struggles & Triumphs (1871) 146 Darn glad to see you, by hokey; I came down here to have lots of fun.

1892 Cent. Mag. June 264 It was a darn good churn too.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt ii. 18 You're so darn scared of the car that you drive up-hill with the emergency brake on!

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt v. 64 You're pretty darn near talking socialism!

1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 62/3 We want to make darn sure we get there and back.

B. adj.

‘Blessed’, ‘confounded’. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation

stinking?c1225

misbegetc1325

banned1340

cursefula1382

wariablea1382

cursedc1386

biccheda1400

maledighta1400

vilea1400

accursedc1400

whoresona1450

remauldit?1473

execrable1490

infamous1490

unbicheda1500

jolly1534

bloodyc1540

mangy?1548

pagan1550

damned1563

misbegotten1571

putid1580

desperate1581

excremental1591

inexecrable?1594

sacred1594

putrid1628

sad1664

blasted1682

plagued1728

damnation1757

infernal1764

damn1775

pesky1775

deuced1782

shocking1798

blessed1806

darned1815

dinged1821

anointed1823

goldarn1830

darn1835

cussed1837

blamed1840

unholy1842

verdomde1850

bleeding1858

ghastly1860

goddam1861

blankety1872

blame1876

bastard1877

God-awful1877

dashed1881

sodding1881

bally1885

ungodly1887

blazing1888

dee1889

motherfucking1890

blistering1900

plurry1900

Christly1910

blinking1914

blethering1915

blighted1915

blighting1916

soddish1922

somethinged1922

effing1929

Jesus1929

dagnab1934

bastarding1944

Christless1947

mother-loving1948

mothering1951

pussyclaat1957

mother-grabbing1959

pigging1970

1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 18 Old Boler's..broke a dish and two plates all to durn smashes!

1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer III. iv. 141 ‘Jim, you've done the darn thing agin us to-night, and no mistake’ said one.

1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 98 These dern no-account pups arn't worth shucks.

1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer ix. 89 I'd druther [sc. rather] they was devils a dern sight.

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xviii. 219 ‘Where was you born?’ ‘In Florida, Missouri.’... ‘Dern sight better stayed there!’

1888 Portland Transcript (Farmer) I'll bet I could make as good-lookin' a burst as any o' these,—an' mebbe a durn sight better.

1899 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 348 You know they are all here improving their minds, learning some darn thing or other.

1904 H. R. Martin Tillie 40 To fill out blanks answerin' to a lot of darn-fool questions 'bout one thing and 'nother.

1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xviii. 220 The dern fool! Thirty thousand against thirty millions!

1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold iii. 87 I'm doing my darnest to drive you out of Cedar Falls.

1929 Melody Maker Jan. 15/1 I know a darn' sight more about the makings of a piano than I did a month ago.

1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! 44 Boys, this time he stole the whole durn steamboat!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> see also

also refers to : † derndarnv.

n.¹1720

n.²1840

v.¹c1600

v.²1781

adv.adj.1789

单词	darn
释义	darnn.¹ Etymology: < darn v.¹ The act or result of darning; a hole or rent mended by darning. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > mending fabric or clothing > hole or rent repaired by darning darn1720 1720 London Gaz. No. 5868/9 1..Muslin Apron, with a large Darn in the Bottom. 1851 Beck's Florist 40 Then she'd..wash my linen, or put a patch here and a darn there. 1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. I. 245 One pair of stockings, such a mass of darns that hardly a trace of the original wool remains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). darnn.² Forms: Also durn. Etymology: Compare darn adv. and adj. slang (originally U.S.). by darn, used as a form of asseveration. Also not to care a darn or not to give a darn, not to care at all. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)] to put in no chaloir1477 not to care1490 to let the world wag (as it will)c1525 not to care a chip1556 to hang loose (to)1591 (to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632 not to careor matter a farthing1647 not to care a doit1660 (not) to care twopencea1744 not to give a curse (also damn)1763 not to care a dump1821 not to care beans1833 not to care a darn1840 not to give a darn1840 not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861 not to care (also give) a whoop1867 (to care) not a fouter1871 not to care (or give) a toss1876 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 je m'en fiche1889 not to care a dit(e)1907 je m'en fous1918 not to give a shit1918 to pay no nevermind1946 not to give a sod1949 not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960 not to give a stuff1974 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn damn1589 damnationa1616 damme1645 darn1781 darned1808 by darn1840 doggone1857 dammit1894 hot damn1929 bollocks1940 dammit1956 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer II. iv. 206 But, by darn, the capting's cleared out without speaking to one..but ourselves. 1850 W. K. Northall Life & Recoll. Yankee Hill 119 You may put down all our family... I don't care a darn. 1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine xxiv. 330 I don't care a darn how many Miss Betsy's I git. 1867 G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood 32 I can't say that es a human shut [sc. shirt] I'd gin a durn fur a dozin ove em. 1891 M. E. Ryan Told in Hills 92 I don't care a darn about the sheep just now. 1918 Sat. Evening Post 5 Jan. 12 If I'd been as big as you be they wouldn't have cared a durn about my eyes. 1920 J. Galsworthy Foundations i.Anne. Which do you like to be called—John or James? James. I don't give a darn. 1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) i. 8 I would love shooting and kicking out at my enemies, not giving a darn what they try to do to me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). darnv.¹ Brit. /dɑːn/, U.S. /dɑrn/ Forms: Forms 1600s–1700s dern, dearn, 1600s– darn; 1800s Scottish dern. Etymology: Derivation unknown. The verb appears about 1600, and becomes at once quite common: it may be that this particular way of repairing a hole or rent was then introduced. The form suggests relationship to dern n.² (later darn) secret, hidden, and its verb dern, darn to conceal, put out of sight; but satisfactory connecting links between the two have not yet been found. On the other hand the Celtic derivation suggested by Wedgwood is absolutely inadmissible. Welsh darn ‘piece, fragment’ has no association with darning or mending in any way, and the sense ‘patch’ given by Owen Pughe is correct only in the sense that a ‘piece’ may be used to patch. The Welsh darnio hosan would mean ‘to cut a stocking to pieces’ (with a knife); ‘to darn a stocking’ is creithio hosan. (D. Silvan Evans, and Prof. Rhŷs.) 1. a. transitive. To mend (clothes, etc., esp. stockings) by filling-in a hole or rent with yarn or thread interwoven so as to form a kind of texture. (This is done with a darning-needle.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [verb (transitive)] > mend fabric or clothing to make againc1384 stop1480 draw1592 darnc1600 to draw up1603 fine-draw1665 plain-darn1880 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > repair or mend draw1592 darnc1600 to draw up1603 ranter1607 fine-draw1665 clobber1851 plain-darn1880 c1600 Househ. Bk. Q. Elizabeth in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 294 The Serjant hath for his fee, all the coverpannes, drinking towells, and other linen clothe..that are darned. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 967 For spinning, weaving, derning and drawing up a rent. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rentraire,..to draw, dearne, or sow vp a rent in a garment. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3303/4 Breeches darned with Worsted at the Knees. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 Four Pair of Silk-Stockings curiously derned. 1836 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 63 The holes in the stair-carpet all darned. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. iii. 43 His grey stockings were darned with blue worsted. absolute.1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It i. i. 11 I can sow plain-work, I can darn and stitch.1875 L. S. Floyer Plain Needlework 18 The machine is not yet invented which can patch or darn.figurative.1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 25 To dearn up the rents of schisme by calling a councell. b. To thread one's way in and out between obstacles. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > through or over obstacles > between obstacles mesh1665 darn1890 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > make zig-zag course > between obstacles darn1890 weave1898 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. No. 897. 9/1 Lithe bodies..darning themselves out and in of the many-coloured seething crowd. c. transferred. To mend (a hole in a wall, road, etc.) by filling-in. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > fill in gaps stop1388 beamfill1469 stuff1601 caulk1616 run1657 strike1668 fog1678 chinse1770 sneck1792 darn1801 pug1820 chink1822 grout1838 fillet1843 gallet1851 slush1875 putty1879 spackle1950 1801 W. Beattie Entertaining & Instruct. Tales (1813) i. 30 He staps wi' strae ilk navus bore, An' ilka crevice darns. 1850 ‘H. Hieover’ Pract. Horsemanship 146 There is a mode of keeping our present roads in order, that I have heard termed ‘darning’ them: i.e. if a part is seen somewhat lower than the surface, the unbroken pieces of granite are got up to it, and there left to be crushed by the wheels of carriages. 2. To ornament or embroider with darning-stitch. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing > in other ways couchc1405 clock1521 nerve1532 re-embroider1659 herringbone1787 hem-stitcha1839 wavela1844 to lay on1880 darn1882 faggot1883 feather-stitch1884 overcast1891 clox1922 needlepoint1975 1882 [implied in: S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 148/1 The embroidery is done in Satin stitch or in plain Darning. (at darning n. 1c)]. 1900 L. F. Day & M. Buckle Art in Needlewk. 108 The flower stalk is defined by darning the first row in a darker colour. 1900 L. F. Day & M. Buckle Art in Needlewk. 108 The background is darned diaper fashion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). darnv.² Forms: also dern, durn. Etymology: Alteration of damn v. Chiefly U.S. colloquial. transitive and intransitive. In profane use: ‘confound’; = damn v. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn damn1589 damnationa1616 damme1645 darn1781 darned1808 by darn1840 doggone1857 dammit1894 hot damn1929 bollocks1940 dammit1956 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn' darn1781 drat1815 ding1822 nation1825 1781 Pennsylvania Jrnl. 20 June In New England prophane swearing..is so far from polite as to be criminal, and many..use..substitutions such as darn it, for d—n it. 1809 A. B. Lindsley Love & Friendship 8 Darn my skin 'f you wouldn't dewe it. 1825 J. K. Paulding J. Bull in Amer. iii. 36 If I don't have him before the justice, darn my soul. 1830 Western Monthly Rev. 3 358 He derned, and grunted, but could not move a muscle. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1872) 92 Darn it all, it fairly makes my dander rise. 1848 J. J. Hooper Widow Rugby in Some Adventures Simon Suggs 128 Who dars to call me hit? Dern his old gray har, it shan't purtect him! 1861 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe v. My boy..was lost in a typhoon in the China sea; darn they lousy typhoons! 1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called Durn the staff and Joe Brown, too. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xviii. 226 ‘Dod dern’ was the nearest he ventured to the luxury of swearing. 1891 H. C. Bunner Short Sixes 100 ‘Dern you,’ said the keeper to Dr. Tibbitt. 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 176 It was as much as a man's life was worth to say ‘durn’ out loud. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt v. 51 Darn it, I thought you'd quit this darn smoking! 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt viii. 119 Every small American town is trying to get population and modern ideals. And darn if a lot of 'em don't put it across! 1968 Globe & Mail Mag. (Toronto) 17 Feb. 9/3 ‘Play, darn it!’ he shouted to the open-mouthed pianist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). darnadv.adj. Forms: Also dern, durn. Etymology: Arbitrary perversion of damn adj. and adv. slang (originally U.S.). A. adv. Extremely, intensely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1789 N. Webster Diss. Eng. Lang. 385 The word (dern) is in common use in New England and pronounced darn. It has not, however, the sense it had formerly; it is now used as an adverb to qualify an adjective, as darn sweet; denoting a great degree of the quality. 1797 D. Mackintosh et al. Plain Rational Ess. Eng. Gram. 82 We say, dea′rn or da′rn, heark′en, heart′, hearth′. 1869 P. T. Barnum Struggles & Triumphs (1871) 146 Darn glad to see you, by hokey; I came down here to have lots of fun. 1892 Cent. Mag. June 264 It was a darn good churn too. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt ii. 18 You're so darn scared of the car that you drive up-hill with the emergency brake on! 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt v. 64 You're pretty darn near talking socialism! 1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 62/3 We want to make darn sure we get there and back. B. adj. ‘Blessed’, ‘confounded’. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 18 Old Boler's..broke a dish and two plates all to durn smashes! 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer III. iv. 141 ‘Jim, you've done the darn thing agin us to-night, and no mistake’ said one. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 98 These dern no-account pups arn't worth shucks. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer ix. 89 I'd druther [sc. rather] they was devils a dern sight. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xviii. 219 ‘Where was you born?’ ‘In Florida, Missouri.’... ‘Dern sight better stayed there!’ 1888 Portland Transcript (Farmer) I'll bet I could make as good-lookin' a burst as any o' these,—an' mebbe a durn sight better. 1899 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 348 You know they are all here improving their minds, learning some darn thing or other. 1904 H. R. Martin Tillie 40 To fill out blanks answerin' to a lot of darn-fool questions 'bout one thing and 'nother. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xviii. 220 The dern fool! Thirty thousand against thirty millions! 1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold iii. 87 I'm doing my darnest to drive you out of Cedar Falls. 1929 Melody Maker Jan. 15/1 I know a darn' sight more about the makings of a piano than I did a month ago. 1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! 44 Boys, this time he stole the whole durn steamboat! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † derndarnv. < n.¹1720n.²1840v.¹c1600v.²1781adv.adj.1789 see also
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