Darn definition
A sock full of darns.
When you slam your finger with a hammer but you do not want to shout a swear word, this is an example of a time when you would shout "darn!"
When you use thread to weave a patch a hole in a sock, this is an example of a time when you darn the sock.
Origin of darn
- French dialectal darner perhaps from Norman French darne piece from Breton darn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Alteration of damn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from dierne (“secret”), from Proto-Germanic *darnijaz (“secret”). More at dern.
From Wiktionary
- Alteration of damn
From Wiktionary