donnered

adjective

don·​nered

ˈdänərd

variants or less commonly donnert

-rt

chiefly Scottish

: dazed, stupefied

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of Scots donner, dunner to stupefy, make a noise like thunder, perhaps from Dutch donderen to thunder, from donder thunder, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German thonar thunder

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