derring

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɹɪŋ/

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• Homophone: daring (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪŋ

Adjective

derring (comparative more derring, superlative most derring)

1. (obsolete) daring; warlike
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed.

Derived terms

• derring-do

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “derring”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Girdner, Grinder, grinder, red ring, regrind