dint.
Especially in by dint of: force, power.
Meaning & usage
Especially in by dint of: force, power.
The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt, Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”). Doublet of dent.
To dent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dinten, from the noun. Compare Old Norse dynta.
Pronunciation spelling of didn’t.
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