doneadj.¹n.

Brit.

/dʌn/, U.S.

/dən/

Forms: see do v. (Forms 7α. ).

Origin: Formed within English, conversion. Etymons: English done , do v.

Etymology: < done, past participle of do v.Prefixed forms in Old English and Middle English may alternatively reflect the past participle of i-do v. Compare done adj.²

A. adj.¹

1. That has been performed or carried out; (of a plan, arrangement, etc.) completed, accomplished, settled. Cf. ere-done adj., well-done adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed

doneOE

fulfilled1340

executec1374

performedc1400

accomplete?c1450

conveyed?1504

executed1592

worked1669

enacted1813

transact1854

OE Directions for Private Devotion in W. de G. Birch Liber Vitae New Minster & Hyde Abbey (1892) 251 Miltsa me & syle me minra gedonra synna forgyfnesse.

lOE tr. Vindicta Salvatoris (Vesp.) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 194 Þiss synd þa gedone þing, þe beo uren ælmihtige hlaforde godes sune gedone wæron.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1894) ii. l. 1245 To longe ydoon hardynesse Causeth despit ful often for destresse.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 65 Done synnes it hidys.

1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 137 She thought 'twould be a done thing, Soon.

1728 Stamford Mercury 8 Feb. The Accommodation of the Differences between Great Britain and Spain, is a done Thing.

1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 29 What l'Eveque only contemplated as a remote probability, [he] now considers as a done thing.

1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 111 It was a done thing between him and Scrooge's nephew.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. ci. 2 A done game.

1990 Minnesota Daily 4 Jan. 8/3 My job was advertised and it was a done deed.

2006 N. Kai Every Woman needs Wife 225 Michelle placed a hand on her shoulder, gracefully displaying a freshly done manicure.

2. Tired, exhausted; beaten, defeated; worn out, used up; incapacitated.done to the wide: see wide n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

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1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix.241 When he holdeth out his necke, we say he is spent or done.

1812 Parl. Reg. (6th Session 4th Parl. Great Brit. & Ireland) III. 279 Because I have a right of way over my neighbour's inclosure, I am therefore to be walking there day and night—if not, I am a done man.

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 281/2 Why, man, tip us a morsel of your soap, there's a good fellow, for mine is completely done.

1832 J. Morier Zohrab II. xi. 238 They have killed me !—I am a done man!

1845 Punch 26 Apr. 184/1 England is ruined! She is a done state: a wreck.

1891 Young Man Apr. 140/2 The moment one begins to feel ‘done’ in cycling or any other physical exercise.

1901 N. Munro Doom Castle xvii. 173 A done man! Not an old man; not even an elderly, but a done man none the less, with the heart out of him, and all the inspiration clean gone!

1939 D. Thomas Let. Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 226 You could blow them down with one bellow out of a done lung.

a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 129 So done physically and mentally as to feel far less interest in the whole thing than..the occasion demanded.

3. In predicative use. Of food: cooked thoroughly or sufficiently. Cf. well-done adj. 4, overdone adj., underdone adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked (of specific food)

done1681

1681 D. Papin New Digester ii. 10 The fire being gone out of it self, I found the meat done enough.

1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 66 As soon as they [sc. the biscuits] are done, cut them off from the Paper, with a thin Knife.

1783 J. Farley London Art Cookery i. iv. 34 When it [sc. the veal] be nearly done, baste it again, and dredge it with a little flour.

1832 N. K. M. Lee Cook's Own Bk. 148/2 If pork is not done enough, nothing is more disagreeable.

1882 Manch. Weekly Times 12 Aug. 7/3 When one side is cooked, turn it over and fry till done.

1901 G. B. Grinnell Punishm. of Stingy 11 He saw that they were cooking, and when the meat was done he saw them eating.

1985 R. Dorje Food in Tibetan Life (1987) ii. 79 Simmer for at least 30 to 40 minutes or until the greens are completely done.

2011 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 31 Jan. Cook hamburger until done and crumbly.

B. n.

That which has been done or accomplished; (as a count noun) a thing which has been done.

ΚΠ

1589 J. Lea in tr. D. F. R. de M. Answer Vntruthes 13 Glorious deeds..when viewing thy acts Start backe..Vndoing the done, and hiding their facts.

1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. 201 Nymphes..oft their vines forsook..to look On her [sc. Arachne's] rare works, nor more delight in viewing The done (done with such grace) then when adoing.

1855 R. Browning Last Ride Together v, in Men & Women I. 187 Contrast The petty Done the Undone vast.

1872 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 208 The condemnation given from the judgment throne..is all for the undones and not for the dones.

1914 T. Hardy Satires of Circumstance 17 Nor God nor Daemon can undo the done.

2006 M. Earl tr. N. Nabais Nietzsche & Metaphysics of Tragic v. 113 This latter experience..has merely to do with certain kinds of wills—those that..live obsessed with redoing the done.

Phrases

P1. colloquial. the done thing: the accepted, correct, or fashionable action or mode of behaviour; = thing n.¹ 7a. Often in negative contexts (cf. not done at do v. Phrases 4c).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety

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1917 Friends' Intelligencer 3 Nov. 697/1 A lot of us are threatening to sleep out on deck to-night. It's quite the ‘done thing’.

1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment iv. 57 Others were anxious lest the taking of steep and thorny paths..should come to be ‘the done thing’.

1932 Times of India 25 Mar. 12/5 In European society in Calcutta it is not ‘the done thing’ to live south of Park Street.

1953 N. Fitzgerald Midsummer Malice ii. 32 I expect he made a pass at you. He still thinks it is the done thing in the theatre.

1993 C. MacDougall Lights Below 163 In my granny's day, being unmarried and pregnant was not the done thing.

2001 K. Fearon & A. Verlaque Lurgan Champagne & Other Tales 9 It wasn't the done thing for a girl to play football. But I never let that stop me.

P2. colloquial. (all) done and dusted: completely finished or ready.

ΚΠ

1953 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 15 Oct. 669/1 All to be done and dusted before the National Honey Show. After this the grand clear up.

1962 Observer 7 Oct. 11/5 We could all get our day's work done and dusted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

1988 Times 11 Oct. 27/4 We hope to have raised £50 million from sales after this deal is all done and dusted.

2008 D. Park Truth Commissioner (2009) 305 Just let us guide you through this and it'll be done and dusted before you even know.

P3. a done deal: an agreement, plan, etc., that has been finalized; a completed (and irreversible) action or process.

ΚΠ

1959 Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.) 21 Dec. 16/1 Taylor shook hands on a done deal with the youngster.

1979 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 15 June 1 There are still things hanging over this... It is not a done deal.

1989 M. Milan Squad 286 It's a done deal! We have them. It's over.

2009 Independent 22 Apr. 14/2 A project to have members of the public occupying the vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as living sculptures..is currently ‘an aspiration, not a done deal’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† doneadj.²

Forms:

α. Middle English done, Middle English idone.

β. Middle English dones, Middle English dons.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English done , do v.

Etymology: Apparently < done, past participle of do v. Compare done adj.¹ In the (apparently idiomatic) phrase what dones man , the form dones apparently shows a genitive ending -s , probably as a result of association with use of the genitive of kin n.¹ in similar idiomatic constructions (see kin n.¹ 6b, whatkin adj. 1).The prefixed form idone at α. forms may alternatively reflect the past participle of i-do v. Compare Old English use of gedōn , past participle of do v. (or of i-do v.), with a preceding adverb, forming a phrase modifying a following noun, as hū gedōn what kind of (lit. ‘how done’), swā gedōn of such a kind, this kind of (lit. ‘so done’):lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.ix) anno 694 Hwenne hit gewurðe þæt biscop oððe abbod..gewite of ðysan liue, sy hit gecydd ðan arcebiscope & mid his ræde..sy gecoren swilce wurþe beo..ðe man sceal to swa gedonne [altered from donne] ðinge cysan... Ne wurþe gecoræn nan, na to swa gedonan ðingan gehalgod, butan þes arcebiscopes ræde.lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Gif hwa gewilniged to gewitane hu gedon mann he wæs oððe hwilcne wurðscipe he hæfde.., ðonne wille we be him awritan swa swa we hine ageaton.

Obsolete.

With a preceding determiner forming a phrase modifying a following noun: kind(s) of; = kin n.¹ 6b. Esp. in what dones: of what kind, what kind of (cf. whatkin adj. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective] > indicating questions

whicheOE

whata1000

whatkina1300

what donesc1330

what'na1510

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 3731 (MED) ‘What dones man ertow, bacheler?’ ‘Sire,’ a seide, ‘a forester!’

a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) l. 2426 What Idone god [c1325 Calig. He esste wat god & wat þing mercurius was, ?a1425 Digby what manere god].

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 298 What dones man was ihesus.

c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 999 Wiþoute diverce dedus of many done þingus.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5167 Quat dons man ert þou?..& quat dos þou here?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

doneadv.

Brit.

/dʌn/, U.S.

/dən/, Scottish English

/dʌn/,

/dun/

Forms:

α. 1500s doyn, 1500s–1600s done, 1800s dein, 1800s– dune, 1900s– deen, 1900s– dien.

β. 1700s–1800s doon, 1700s–1800s doons, 1700s–1800s dunze, 1800s doun, 1800s douns.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a partial blend of two originally distinct words: (i) (in α. forms) an adverbial use of done adj.¹, and (ii) (in β. forms) a specific use of down adv., although if so it is likely there has been some mutual influence between the two form types. With forms in -s compare -s suffix¹. Perhaps compare also dooms adv.

Scottish. Now rare.

Thoroughly, very, exceedingly. Sc. National Dict. (at dune adv.) records limited currency (in α. forms) in the first half of the 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

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

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micklelyeOE

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hardOE

un-i-fohOE

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Christly1923

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falling-down1930

lousy1932

appallingly1937

stratospherically1941

Christ almighty1945

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focking1956

dagnab1961

drop-dead1980

hella1987

totes2006

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 260 Bot sa done tyrsum it is to byd it.

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Ciij Thir mussillis ar sa doyn gleg of twiche and heryng.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F2^v The kyndely claime by possession that some cleaues to (that they will haue so done old that the antiquitie is forgot) does rest yet to resolue.

1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 106 He was not thence so doons severe.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Dein, very, in a great degree; the provincial pronunciation of Aberd. for S. doon... V. Doyn.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 67 He saw the troop, and, at the sicht o't, He bangit up sae doons affrichtet, Ae cheek was shav'd, the tither slichtet.

1837 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 2nd Ser. 205 John..wasna sae doon proud.

1895 I. Maclaren Beside Bonnie Brier Bush i. i. 18 We're no sae dune mean as that in Drumtochty.

1900 W. MacGillivray Glengoyne II. i She was deen auld than—far mair like a witch than her neat canty body o' a dachter Janet ever wis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

adj.¹n.OE

adj.²c1330

adv.?a1513

单词	done
释义	doneadj.¹n. Brit. /dʌn/, U.S. /dən/ Forms: see do v. (Forms 7α. ). Origin: Formed within English, conversion. Etymons: English done , do v. Etymology: < done, past participle of do v.Prefixed forms in Old English and Middle English may alternatively reflect the past participle of i-do v. Compare done adj.² A. adj.¹ 1. That has been performed or carried out; (of a plan, arrangement, etc.) completed, accomplished, settled. Cf. ere-done adj., well-done adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed doneOE fulfilled1340 executec1374 performedc1400 accomplete?c1450 conveyed?1504 executed1592 worked1669 enacted1813 transact1854 OE Directions for Private Devotion in W. de G. Birch Liber Vitae New Minster & Hyde Abbey (1892) 251 Miltsa me & syle me minra gedonra synna forgyfnesse. lOE tr. Vindicta Salvatoris (Vesp.) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 194 Þiss synd þa gedone þing, þe beo uren ælmihtige hlaforde godes sune gedone wæron. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1894) ii. l. 1245 To longe ydoon hardynesse Causeth despit ful often for destresse. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 65 Done synnes it hidys. 1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 137 She thought 'twould be a done thing, Soon. 1728 Stamford Mercury 8 Feb. The Accommodation of the Differences between Great Britain and Spain, is a done Thing. 1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 29 What l'Eveque only contemplated as a remote probability, [he] now considers as a done thing. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 111 It was a done thing between him and Scrooge's nephew. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. ci. 2 A done game. 1990 Minnesota Daily 4 Jan. 8/3 My job was advertised and it was a done deed. 2006 N. Kai Every Woman needs Wife 225 Michelle placed a hand on her shoulder, gracefully displaying a freshly done manicure. 2. Tired, exhausted; beaten, defeated; worn out, used up; incapacitated.done to the wide: see wide n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix.241 When he holdeth out his necke, we say he is spent or done. 1812 Parl. Reg. (6th Session 4th Parl. Great Brit. & Ireland) III. 279 Because I have a right of way over my neighbour's inclosure, I am therefore to be walking there day and night—if not, I am a done man. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 281/2 Why, man, tip us a morsel of your soap, there's a good fellow, for mine is completely done. 1832 J. Morier Zohrab II. xi. 238 They have killed me !—I am a done man! 1845 Punch 26 Apr. 184/1 England is ruined! She is a done state: a wreck. 1891 Young Man Apr. 140/2 The moment one begins to feel ‘done’ in cycling or any other physical exercise. 1901 N. Munro Doom Castle xvii. 173 A done man! Not an old man; not even an elderly, but a done man none the less, with the heart out of him, and all the inspiration clean gone! 1939 D. Thomas Let. Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 226 You could blow them down with one bellow out of a done lung. a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 129 So done physically and mentally as to feel far less interest in the whole thing than..the occasion demanded. 3. In predicative use. Of food: cooked thoroughly or sufficiently. Cf. well-done adj. 4, overdone adj., underdone adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked (of specific food) done1681 1681 D. Papin New Digester ii. 10 The fire being gone out of it self, I found the meat done enough. 1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 66 As soon as they [sc. the biscuits] are done, cut them off from the Paper, with a thin Knife. 1783 J. Farley London Art Cookery i. iv. 34 When it [sc. the veal] be nearly done, baste it again, and dredge it with a little flour. 1832 N. K. M. Lee Cook's Own Bk. 148/2 If pork is not done enough, nothing is more disagreeable. 1882 Manch. Weekly Times 12 Aug. 7/3 When one side is cooked, turn it over and fry till done. 1901 G. B. Grinnell Punishm. of Stingy 11 He saw that they were cooking, and when the meat was done he saw them eating. 1985 R. Dorje Food in Tibetan Life (1987) ii. 79 Simmer for at least 30 to 40 minutes or until the greens are completely done. 2011 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 31 Jan. Cook hamburger until done and crumbly. B. n. That which has been done or accomplished; (as a count noun) a thing which has been done. ΚΠ 1589 J. Lea in tr. D. F. R. de M. Answer Vntruthes 13 Glorious deeds..when viewing thy acts Start backe..Vndoing the done, and hiding their facts. 1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. 201 Nymphes..oft their vines forsook..to look On her [sc. Arachne's] rare works, nor more delight in viewing The done (done with such grace) then when adoing. 1855 R. Browning Last Ride Together v, in Men & Women I. 187 Contrast The petty Done the Undone vast. 1872 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 208 The condemnation given from the judgment throne..is all for the undones and not for the dones. 1914 T. Hardy Satires of Circumstance 17 Nor God nor Daemon can undo the done. 2006 M. Earl tr. N. Nabais Nietzsche & Metaphysics of Tragic v. 113 This latter experience..has merely to do with certain kinds of wills—those that..live obsessed with redoing the done. Phrases P1. colloquial. the done thing: the accepted, correct, or fashionable action or mode of behaviour; = thing n.¹ 7a. Often in negative contexts (cf. not done at do v. Phrases 4c). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety seemlihead?a1366 honestya1398 comeliness1440 seemlihoodc1440 seemlityc1440 semblessea1500 seemliness1548 decentness1561 decorum?1571 handsomeness1595 civility1612 decency1682 exactness1683 elegance1686 propriety1753 thing1791 bienseancea1797 convenances1831 decorousness1834 the becoming1842 correctnessa1859 good (also bad) form1868 properness1873 correctitude1893 the done thing1917 1917 Friends' Intelligencer 3 Nov. 697/1 A lot of us are threatening to sleep out on deck to-night. It's quite the ‘done thing’. 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment iv. 57 Others were anxious lest the taking of steep and thorny paths..should come to be ‘the done thing’. 1932 Times of India 25 Mar. 12/5 In European society in Calcutta it is not ‘the done thing’ to live south of Park Street. 1953 N. Fitzgerald Midsummer Malice ii. 32 I expect he made a pass at you. He still thinks it is the done thing in the theatre. 1993 C. MacDougall Lights Below 163 In my granny's day, being unmarried and pregnant was not the done thing. 2001 K. Fearon & A. Verlaque Lurgan Champagne & Other Tales 9 It wasn't the done thing for a girl to play football. But I never let that stop me. P2. colloquial. (all) done and dusted: completely finished or ready. ΚΠ 1953 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 15 Oct. 669/1 All to be done and dusted before the National Honey Show. After this the grand clear up. 1962 Observer 7 Oct. 11/5 We could all get our day's work done and dusted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. 1988 Times 11 Oct. 27/4 We hope to have raised £50 million from sales after this deal is all done and dusted. 2008 D. Park Truth Commissioner (2009) 305 Just let us guide you through this and it'll be done and dusted before you even know. P3. a done deal: an agreement, plan, etc., that has been finalized; a completed (and irreversible) action or process. ΚΠ 1959 Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.) 21 Dec. 16/1 Taylor shook hands on a done deal with the youngster. 1979 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 15 June 1 There are still things hanging over this... It is not a done deal. 1989 M. Milan Squad 286 It's a done deal! We have them. It's over. 2009 Independent 22 Apr. 14/2 A project to have members of the public occupying the vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as living sculptures..is currently ‘an aspiration, not a done deal’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † doneadj.² Forms: α. Middle English done, Middle English idone. β. Middle English dones, Middle English dons. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English done , do v. Etymology: Apparently < done, past participle of do v. Compare done adj.¹ In the (apparently idiomatic) phrase what dones man , the form dones apparently shows a genitive ending -s , probably as a result of association with use of the genitive of kin n.¹ in similar idiomatic constructions (see kin n.¹ 6b, whatkin adj. 1).The prefixed form idone at α. forms may alternatively reflect the past participle of i-do v. Compare Old English use of gedōn , past participle of do v. (or of i-do v.), with a preceding adverb, forming a phrase modifying a following noun, as hū gedōn what kind of (lit. ‘how done’), swā gedōn of such a kind, this kind of (lit. ‘so done’):lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.ix) anno 694 Hwenne hit gewurðe þæt biscop oððe abbod..gewite of ðysan liue, sy hit gecydd ðan arcebiscope & mid his ræde..sy gecoren swilce wurþe beo..ðe man sceal to swa gedonne [altered from donne] ðinge cysan... Ne wurþe gecoræn nan, na to swa gedonan ðingan gehalgod, butan þes arcebiscopes ræde.lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Gif hwa gewilniged to gewitane hu gedon mann he wæs oððe hwilcne wurðscipe he hæfde.., ðonne wille we be him awritan swa swa we hine ageaton. Obsolete. With a preceding determiner forming a phrase modifying a following noun: kind(s) of; = kin n.¹ 6b. Esp. in what dones: of what kind, what kind of (cf. whatkin adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective] > indicating questions whicheOE whata1000 whatkina1300 what donesc1330 what'na1510 c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 3731 (MED) ‘What dones man ertow, bacheler?’ ‘Sire,’ a seide, ‘a forester!’ a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) l. 2426 What Idone god [c1325 Calig. He esste wat god & wat þing mercurius was, ?a1425 Digby what manere god]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 298 What dones man was ihesus. c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 999 Wiþoute diverce dedus of many done þingus. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5167 Quat dons man ert þou?..& quat dos þou here? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). doneadv. Brit. /dʌn/, U.S. /dən/, Scottish English /dʌn/, /dun/ Forms: α. 1500s doyn, 1500s–1600s done, 1800s dein, 1800s– dune, 1900s– deen, 1900s– dien. β. 1700s–1800s doon, 1700s–1800s doons, 1700s–1800s dunze, 1800s doun, 1800s douns. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a partial blend of two originally distinct words: (i) (in α. forms) an adverbial use of done adj.¹, and (ii) (in β. forms) a specific use of down adv., although if so it is likely there has been some mutual influence between the two form types. With forms in -s compare -s suffix¹. Perhaps compare also dooms adv. Scottish. Now rare. Thoroughly, very, exceedingly. Sc. National Dict. (at dune adv.) records limited currency (in α. forms) in the first half of the 20th cent. 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 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 260 Bot sa done tyrsum it is to byd it. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Ciij Thir mussillis ar sa doyn gleg of twiche and heryng. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F2^v The kyndely claime by possession that some cleaues to (that they will haue so done old that the antiquitie is forgot) does rest yet to resolue. 1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 106 He was not thence so doons severe. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Dein, very, in a great degree; the provincial pronunciation of Aberd. for S. doon... V. Doyn. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 67 He saw the troop, and, at the sicht o't, He bangit up sae doons affrichtet, Ae cheek was shav'd, the tither slichtet. 1837 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 2nd Ser. 205 John..wasna sae doon proud. 1895 I. Maclaren Beside Bonnie Brier Bush i. i. 18 We're no sae dune mean as that in Drumtochty. 1900 W. MacGillivray Glengoyne II. i She was deen auld than—far mair like a witch than her neat canty body o' a dachter Janet ever wis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹n.OEadj.²c1330adv.?a1513
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