Word of the Day

Dung

April 22, 2023

dung

dung / dŭng

noun 1. the excrement of animals; manure Dung is no saint, but where it falls it works miracles. Spanish Proverb 2. something that is revolting or disgusting One had better not rush, otherwise dung comes out rather than creative work. From a Letter to A. S. Suvorin from Anton Chekhov, 1860 – 1904 verb 1. to apply manure to soil to fertilize There, as his dream foretold, a cart he found, That carry’d compost forth to dung the ground. From “The Cock and the Fox” by John Dryden, 1631 – 1700
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