• (General American)IPA^(key):/dɑɹn/
• (New England)IPA^(key):/daːn/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/dɑːn/

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• Rhymes:-ɑː(ɹ)n

Aminced oath ofdamn.

darn (notcomparable)

1. (euphemistic)damn.

• SeeThesaurus:damned

• darn tootin'

darn (notcomparable)

1. (degree,euphemistic)damn.

   That spaghetti was prettydarn good.

   • 1948,Cole Porter, “Too Darn Hot”:

     But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's toodarn hot

   • 2021 September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Morty ends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, inAV Club‎^[1]:

     Of the two episodes, “Mortshall” is slightly weaker, while still being prettydarn good. I spent a lot of this season bemoaning the weaker entries, and like I said last time, it’s shit like this that makes me complain when stuff gets super dumb.

darn

1. (euphemistic)damn.

• SeeThesaurus:dammit

darn (third-person singular simple presentdarns,present participledarning,simple past and past participledarned)

1. (transitive,euphemistic)damn.

• dang
• damn

darn (pluraldarns)

1. (euphemistic)damn.

   His opinion isn't worth adarn.

FromMiddle Englishdernen(“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), fromOld Englishdiernan(“to hide, conceal”), fromProto-West Germanic*darnijan, fromProto-West Germanic*darnī(“hidden, secret”). Related toOld Englishdyrne,dierne(“secret”,adjective).

darn (third-person singular simple presentdarns,present participledarning,simple past and past participledarned)

1. (transitive,sewing) Torepair bystitching withthread oryarn, particularly by using aneedle to construct aweave across a damaged area offabric.

   I need todarn these socks again.

   • a.1746 (date written),Jonathan Swift, “An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen”, inThomas Sheridan,John Nichols, editors,The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume V, London:[…]J[oseph] Johnson, […], published1801,→OCLC,page116:

     He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in reading his courses, dozing, clipping papers, ordarning his stockings; which last he performed to admiration.

   • 1920 August 27,Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, inBliss and Other Stories, London:Constable & Company, published1920,→OCLC,page141:

     Does Mother imagine for one moment that she is going todarn all those stockings knotted up on the quilt like a coil of snakes ? She's not.

Predominantly used to describe repairs to stockings or socks. The frequency of references to both follows their general prominence, references to stockings being more historically prominent, references to socks being more recently prominent.

• darning needle

darn (pluraldarns)

1. A place mended bydarning.

•  Darning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• DNAR,DNRA,Nard,RAND,Rand,andr-,nard,rDNA,rand,rdna

FromMiddle Welshdarn, fromProto-Brythonic*darn, fromProto-Celtic*darnos,*darnā, fromProto-Indo-European*der-(“to split, separate”). Cognate withCornishdarn,Bretondarn,Frenchdarne(“piece of fish”) and, more distantly,Polishdarń(“sod”).

• IPA^(key):/darn/
• Rhymes:-arn

darn m orf (pluraldarnau)

1. apiece, afragment, apatch

   Synonym:pisyn

   Wyt ti eisiaudarn arall o gacen?

   Do you want anotherpiece of cake?

   Rwy wedi prynudarn o dir coedig.

   I've bought apatch of wooded land.

2. apart

   Mae eisiaudarn newydd i'r car.

   The car needs a newpart.

3. acoin

   Synonym:darn arian

   Oes gen tiddarn punt?

   Have you got a poundcoin?

4. apassage

   Darllenwch ydarn cyn ateb y cwestiynau.

   Read thepassage before answering the questions.

• darnio(“tear to pieces”)
• deuddarn
• tridarn

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “darn”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009)Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden:Brill,→ISBN,pages90-1