Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A blanket filled with down; a duvet. · A bed.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryHaving down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair. · Sharp-witted, perceptive. · Low-spirited; down in the mouth.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂nós Proto-Germanic *dūnaz Old Norse dúnnbor. Middle English doun English down Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English downy From down + -y.
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