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Word: dull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...dull, I don't know what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »

...dull dusk, fire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT DUSK. | 4/23/1880 | See Source »

...Boredom's dull, unpleasing paint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BORES. | 4/23/1880 | See Source »

...birdie, how dull thy heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD-NIGHT. | 4/23/1880 | See Source »

Month after month in dull suspended life

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RAPE OF THE BELL. | 4/2/1880 | See Source »

Word Time Machine

Normalized population density for word "dull" throughout decades:

• 1870s : 2.1833
• 1880s : 0.8626
• 1890s : 0.3866
• 1900s : 0.3282
• 1910s : 0.4216
• 1920s : 1.4509
• 1930s : 1.7050
• 1940s : 1.7417
• 1950s : 1.6921
• 1960s : 1.3495
• 1970s : 0.9698
• 1980s : 0.7649
• 1990s : 0.5733
• 2000s : 0.4760
• 2010s : 0.4387

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First Use:

Word "dull" first appeared in our records from 1873!

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Supporting Words:

The following words have supported "dull" in appearing on this page.
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• after
• ah
• are
• birdie
• boredom
• don
• dull
• dusk
• fire
• fire-lit
• heart
• how
• in
• is
• know
• life
• lit
• month
• of
• paint
• s
• say
• so
• suspended
• t
• the
• thy
• to
• unpleasing
• what
• you

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