ˈdonnered, -ard, ppl. a. Sc.
Also donnart, -ert, -ort.
[f. Sc. vb. donner to stupefy as with a blow or a loud noise: perh. a freq. of ME. donen to din: cf. also dunner.]
Stunned, stupefied, stupid ‘in a state of gross stupor’ (Jam.).
| 1722 Ramsay Three Bonnets i. 63 Worthy Bristle, not sae donner'd, Preserves this bonnet, and is honour'd. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. vii, A donnard auld deevil! 1886 Stevenson Kidnapped xxix, ‘Ye donnered auld runt.’ |