different between darnel vs darned

English

Etymology

From Middle English darnel, dernel, from Old Northern French darnelle ( > dialectal French dernelle, darnette), of Germanic origin, possibly Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to harm, injure”).

Related to Walloon darne, derne (“stunned, dazed, drunk”), Middle Dutch verdarnt, verdaernt (“stunned, dumbfounded, angry”). The association with being dazed or drunkenness is due to the well-known intoxicating effects of the plant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??n??/

Noun

darnel (usually uncountable, plural darnels)

1. A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.
2. Various species of Lolium, especially as a weed in wheat fields.

Synonyms

• (Lolium temulentum): poison darnel

Hyponyms

• (various species of ryegrass): Persian darnel, white darnel, red darnel

Translations

Further reading

• Lolium temulentum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lolium temulentum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lolium temulentum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• darnel at USDA Plants database (L. temulentum)
• darnel at USDA Plants database (L. persicum)

References

• “darnel”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

See also

• Darnell

Anagrams

• Ladner, Lander, Larned, Lenard, Nadler, Randel, Randle, aldern, enlard, lander, larned, learn'd, learnd, reland

English

Alternative forms

• darn'd

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??nd/

Verb

darned

1. simple past tense and past participle of darn

Adjective

darned (comparative (rare) darneder or (rare) darnder, superlative darnedest or darndest)

1. (euphemistic) A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.

   Those darned kids were round here again this morning.

   The darned rope has got tangled up.

Adverb

darned (not comparable)

1. (degree) Damned, extremely.

   That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?

   He is so darned pig-headed.

Anagrams

• Darden, dander, randed