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==English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{af|en|dun|t1=[[dusky]] [[brown]]|-y|t2=forming adjectives of lesser degree}}.<ref>"[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/58518 dunny, ''adj.¹'']", in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (1897), Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref>

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/dʌni/}}
* {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 dunny.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌni|s=2}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|dunnier|sup=dunniest}}

# [[somewhat|Somewhat]] [[dun#Adjective|dun]], [[dusky]] [[brownish]].
#* {{RQ:Skelton Poetical Works|volume=I|poem=Elynour Rummyng|lines=399–400|page=108|passage=I were skynnes of conny, / That causeth I loke so '''donny'''.|translation=I wear skins of cony [rabbit], / That cause me to look so '''dunny'''.}}

===Etymology 2===
Probably from {{af|en|dun|t1=to [[ring]]|-y|t2=forming adjectives of lesser degree}}.<ref>"[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/58518 dunny, ''adj.²'' and ''n.¹'']", in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (1897).</ref>

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|dunnier|sup=dunniest}}

# {{label|en|UK|_|dialect}} [[somewhat|Somewhat]] [[deaf]], [[hard of hearing]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1708|author=J. Kersey|title=Dictionary Anglo-Britannicum|passage=''[[dunny|Dunny]]'', somewhat deaf, deafish.}}
# {{label|en|UK|_|dialect|pejorative||euphemism}} [[slow|Slow]] to [[answer]]: [[stupid]], [[unintelligent]].
#* {{ante|1791}}, F. Grose, ''Olio'', p. 105:
#*: [[what the devil|What the devil]] are you [[dunny]]? won't you give me no answer?

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|dunnily}}
* {{l|en|dunniness}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{label|en|UK|_|dialect|pejorative|_|euphemism|obsolete}} A [[dummy]], an [[unintelligent]] [[person]].
#* '''1709''', ''British Apollo'', Vol. II, No. 29, p. 3:
#*: Should a School-boy do so, he'd be [[whipped|whip'd]] for a [[dunny|Dunny]].

===Etymology 3===
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[[File:Stringybark Dunny - Walcha NSW.jpg|right|thumb|A dunny ([[outhouse]]) in [[w:Walcha, New South Wales|Wolcha]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]]]
A clipped form of English [[cant]] {{m|en|dunnakin||outhouse}} + {{m|en|-y|pos=suffix forming affectionate diminutives}}. {{m|en|dunnakin|Dunnakin}}, {{m|en|dunnekin}}, etc.<ref>"Dunnakin" in Humphry T. Potter's ''New Dictionary of All the Cant and Flash Languages'' (1790).</ref><ref>"Dunegan" in Francis Grose's ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5402/pg5402-images.html Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue]''.</ref> are of uncertain etymology,<ref>"[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/58517 dunny, ''n.²'']", in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (1972), Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref> but probably from some form of English cant {{m|en|danna||[[dung]]}} + {{m|en|ken||house|pos=pejorative slang}}. The Scottish and North English senses may derive from [[#Etymology 4|Etymology 4]] below, either under influence from English cant or as its original source.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{label|en|UK|_|slang|obsolete}} {{alt form|en|danna|nodot=1}}: [[shit]]. {{defdate|From 1859.}}
# {{label|en|Australia|_|&|_|New Zealand|_|slang|also|_|dated|_|Scotland|_|&|_|North England|_|slang}} An [[outhouse]]: an [[outbuilding]] used as a [[lavatory]]. {{defdate|From 1933.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Judith L. McNeil|title=No One's Child|page=95|url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hzFQGy81S80C&pg=PA95|passage=There was one leaning '''dunny''' down the back and, if you stayed very quiet, on a very still day you could hear the white ants as they chewed the wood.The bottom boards were already eaten through, and I avoided using the '''dunny''' at all costs.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Christopher Milne|chapter=The Boy Who Lived in a '''Dunny'''|title=The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_nlw2XG6yzgC&pg=PT108|page=108
|passage=‘Until you wake up to yourself, you can live in the old '''dunny''' for all I care.’<br>‘All right, I will,’ said Tony.}}
# {{label|en|Australia|_|&|_|New Zealand|_|slang}} Any other place or fixture used for [[urination]] and [[defecation]]: a [[latrine]]; a [[lavatory]]; a [[toilet]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Kathleen M. McGinley|title=Out of the Daydream|page=47|url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jrMwlyKf9FIC&pg=PA47|passage=The '''dunny''' was another place to go to get out of class. You got to go there by raising your hand in class and asking Miss if you could go to the lav.}}
# {{lb|en|Scottish|northern England|slang|dated}} A [[passageway]], particularly those connecting an [[outhouse]] to the main building.

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|en|danna}}, {{l|en|dunnee}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|outhouse}} ''See'' '''[[Thesaurus:bathroom]]'''
* {{sense|toilet}} ''See'' '''[[Thesaurus:toilet]]'''

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|bang like a dunny door}}
* {{l|en|bang like a dunny door in a gale}}
* {{l|en|dunny budgie}}
* {{l|en|dunny can}}
* {{l|en|dunny cart}}
* {{l|en|dunny man}}
* {{l|en|dunny roll}}

===Etymology 4===
A clipped form of English {{m|en|dungeon}} + {{af|en|-y|t1=forming affectionate diminutives}}.<ref>"[http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snds2818 Dunny, ''n.'']", in the ''Scottish National Dictionary'' (2005), Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press.</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Scottish|northern England|slang|dated}} A [[cellar]], [[basement]], or [[underground]] [[passage]].

===References===
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{{cln|en|compound terms}}
{{C|en|Buildings|Hearing|Rooms|Toilet (room)}}