din

Definition

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

Etymology

From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”). Cognate with English tone, Sanskrit धुनि (dhúni, “sounding”), ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to make a noise, to roar”), Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, Swedish dån, dön.

Example Sentences

• "Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?"
• "[B]red to war, / He knew the battle’s din afar, / And joyed to hear it swell."
• "How often, hither wandering down, My Arthur found your shadows fair, And shook to all the liberal air The dust and din and steam of town:"

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