donnert

British

/ ˈdɒnərd, ˈdɒnərt /

adjective

stunned

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Etymology

Origin of donnert

C18: from Scottish dialect donner to astound, perhaps from Dutch donderen to thunder, from Middle Dutch donder thunder

Example Sentences

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An' yon donnert auld deevil ye ca' yer gran'father 'ill be fain eneuch to be drummer, I'll sweir.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

But he was nothing but a dour, donnert soldier, and valued good logic not a docken.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

You donnert fule, John Robbie," he shouted to a player, "soop her up, man, soop her up; no, no, dinna, dinna; leave her alane.

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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