dern (plural derns)
(obsolete) A secret; secrecy.
(obsolete) A secret place; hiding.
(obsolete) An obscure language.
(obsolete) Darkness; obscurity.
dern (comparative more dern, superlative most dern)
(obsolete) Hidden; secret; private.
dern (third-person singular simple present derns, present participle derning, simple past and past participle derned)
(transitive, obsolete) To hide; secrete, as in a hole.
(intransitive, obsolete) To hide oneself; skulk.
dern (plural derns)
(UK) A gatepost or doorpost.
• NERD, nerd, rend
Source: Wiktionary
Dern, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A gatepost or doorpost. [Local Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Dern, a. Etym: [See Dearn, a.]
1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [Obs.] "Ye must be full dern." Chaucer.
2. Solitary; sad. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
