Meanings
adjectivederring (comparative more derring, superlative most derring)
comparative more derring · superlative most derring
- obsoletedaring
Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with derring
All rhymes →Sounds the same
daring (Mary–marry–merry merger)
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