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dour

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dour /ˈdʊə, ˈdaʊə/

▶adjective very severe, stern, or gloomy.

– derivatives
dourly adverb,
dourness noun.

– origin ME (orig. Scots): prob. from Sc. Gaelic dúr ‘dull, obstinate, stupid’, perh. from L. durus ‘hard’.

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