different between dour vs impervious
dour
English
Etymology
From Scots dour, from Latin d?rus (“hard, stern”), possibly via Middle Irish dúr.Compare French dur, Catalan dur, Italian duro, Portuguese duro, Romanian dur, Spanish duro. Doublet of dure.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??/, /?da??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??/, /?da??/, /?da?.?/
- Rhymes: -a??(?), -??(?)
- Homophones: Daur, doer, door, dower (depending on speaker)
Adjective
dour (comparative dourer or more dour, superlative dourest or most dour)
- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullen, gloomy
Synonyms
- (stern, harsh): forbidding, harsh, severe, stern
- (unyielding): obstinate, stubborn, unyielding
- (expressing gloom): dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen
Derived terms
- dourly
- dourness
Translations
Anagrams
- doru, ordu
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *du?r, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ub?rós (“deep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?du?r/
Noun
dour m (plural dourioù or doureier)
- water
- (by extension) rain, tears, sweat, saliva
Mutation
Scots
Etymology
From Middle Irish dúr, from Latin d?rus (“hard”).
Adjective
dour
- stern, severe, relentless, dour
References
- “dour” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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impervious
English
Etymology
From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p??vi.?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?p?.vi.?s/
- Rhymes: -??(r)vi?s
Adjective
impervious (comparative more impervious, superlative most impervious)
- Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
- Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
- Immune to damage or effect.
Antonyms
- pervious
Derived terms
- imperviously
- imperviousness
Translations
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