dawny

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/ˈdɔː.ni/

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of dawn.

OriginEnglish dawn ← Middle English dawnen →
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Meanings

adjectivedawny (comparative more dawny, superlative most dawny)

comparative more dawny · superlative most dawny

  1. Resembling or characteristic of dawn.

    His was not the alabaster brow framed in glowing, dawny light which all these years had haunted her

    1894 August 16, Jessie Macgregor, “Dawcas; A Fragment Of The Past”, in Christian Work: Illustrated Family Newspaper, page 270

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdawnen
  2. Englishdawn
  3. Englishdawny

From dawn + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

wandy
Cite this entry
APA

dawny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dawny

MLA

“dawny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dawny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dawny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dawny.

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