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durst

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/dɝst/
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/dɝst/ · /dɜː(ɹ)st/

Definition of durst

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, dialectal, form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of dare
    “Traditional rhyme Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail; the best man among them durst not touch her tail.”
    “Pretty soul! She durst not lie / Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.”
    “That thou durst, Arcite!”
    “Who durst defy th' omnipotent to arms.”
    “And they durst not steal, for fear of the law, for such were punished; neither durst they rob, nor murder, for he that murdered was punished unto death.”
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verb

  1. (archaic, dialectal, form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of dare
    “Traditional rhyme Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail; the best man among them durst not touch her tail.”
    “Pretty soul! She durst not lie / Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.”
    “That thou durst, Arcite!”
    “Who durst defy th' omnipotent to arms.”
    “And they durst not steal, for fear of the law, for such were punished; neither durst they rob, nor murder, for he that murdered was punished unto death.”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From the German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”).

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