dour

Etymology

From Scots dour, from Latin dūrus (“hard, stern”), possibly via Middle Irish dúr.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊə/, /ˈdaʊə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊɹ/, /ˈdaʊɚ/, /ˈdaʊ.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
• Homophones: Daur, doer, dower (depending on speaker)
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Adjective

dour (comparative dourer or more dour, superlative dourest or most dour)

1. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
2. Unyielding and obstinate.
3. Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

Anagrams

• doru

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *duβr, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːʁ/

Noun

dour m (plural dourioù or doureier)

1. water
2. (by extension) rain, tears, sweat, saliva

Mutation

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúr, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

Adjective

dour

1. stern, severe, relentless, dour

References

• “dour” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh