dour
English
/ˈdʊə/, /ˈdʊɹ/
adj
Definitions
- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots dour derived from Latin dūrus (hard, rough, stern, harsh) derived from Middle Irish dúr.
Origin
Middle Irish
dúr
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dauer English
- dauermodification English
- dourly English
- dourness English
- duresco Latin
- durissimus Latin
- duriter Latin
- duritia Latin
- durities Latin
- duro Latin
- dūrus Latin
- Aufenthaltsdauer German
- Bearbeitungsdauer German
- Dauer German
- Dauerform German
- Dauerlösung German
- Dauerwirkung German
- Dauerzustand German
- Krankheitsdauer German
- Lebensdauer German
- Verweildauer German
- Vorstellungsdauer German
- dauerhaft German
- dauerkrank German
- Überlebensdauer German
- duramente Italian
- durissimo Italian
- durità Italian
- duro Italian
- semiduro Italian
- dur French
- dureté French
- durillon French
- durissime French
- duramente Spanish, Castilian
- duro Spanish, Castilian
- durísimo Spanish, Castilian
- *deru- Proto-Indo-European
- duro Portuguese
- duríssimo Portuguese
- kuduro Portuguese
- dúr Irish
- dur Catalan, Valencian
- dur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dur Welsh
- dùr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dû Norman
- duro Old Portuguese
- dur Occitan
- *dūros Proto-Italic
- deir Romansh
- dir Romansh
- dür Romansh
- duru Asturian
- dour Scots
- dûr Friulian
- dúr Middle Irish
- duro Old Spanish
- duru Sicilian
- duru Papiamentu
- dûo Ligurian
- doir Dalmatian
- duru Sardinian
- doûro Istriot
- dur Lombard
- dür Lombard