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hun

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"Term of endearment"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /hʌn/Sorted hnuStarts with HEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An informal term of endearment.

Word origin

From Old English Hūnas, Hūne (both plural), from Late Latin Hunni, from Koine Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi), borrowed through Middle Iranian. Cognate with Old Norse húnir, Old High German Hunni. See also etymology of Xiongnu.

Used in a sentence

  • So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? [title]
  • Answer: you are a hun – but a high-end hun, one who knows her wine, her music, her interiors and her labels, and whose reluctance to do Dry January, or go vegan makes her such great company, this month and every month.
  • This corporate love-bombing can serve a hun well, bagging them new downlines and potentially more money (MLMs are renowned for extremely low pay).

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