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   What does dreich mean?

   • It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat Can you solve 4 words at once? Pick the best words! Check out your bona fides and avoid any faux pas. The meaning of DREICH is dreary.

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   When was the word 'dreich' first used?

   • The word 'dreich' was first used as a noun in the Middle English period (1150—1500). The earliest evidence for 'dreich' is from before 1275, in Proverbs of Alfred. It is also recorded as an adjective from the Old English period (pre-1150). The noun dreich is formed within English, by conversion.

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   What does driech mean?

   • Wat, wat an' cauld, an' desolate—Oh! driech was that December day. A Festival as bright as the weather was dreich. It was a miserable day, grey and dreich, but the mall was sparklin wi fairy lights and the place was mobbed. II.5.a. † Expressing or characteristic of sorrow or distress; sorrowful, sad. Obsolete.

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   What is a dreich day?

   • Dreich is the term to describe something that’s dreary or bleak. Usually the weather. “A cal, dreich day” = “a cold, bleak day”. Funnily enough if you visited Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire this summer, you will likely not have heard this saying as the weather has been “rare” (means great in Doric).

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   Examples of dreich in a Sentence. historically regarded as a dreich corner of Britain, Scotland's very name comes from the Greek word for “dark”.

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   dreich. adjective. Scottish English uk / driːx / us / driːx /. Add to word list. used for describing wet, dark, unpleasant weather. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Describing bad weather. bleakly. bleakness.

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   1. sad or dull; dismal. 2. wearying; boring. 3. archaic. miserable. Also (literary): drear. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'dreich' in a sentence. dreich.

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   Of a task, work, etc.: taxing, laborious, difficult; spec. requiring close attention; intricate, fine-detailed. In more general use sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense II.4d. 1804. Nae mair o' dreich and grievous tasks, Or langsome days we hear. R. Couper, Poetry Scottish Language vol. I. 87.

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   What does the noun dreich mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dreich, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in midlands English regional dialect, northern English regional dialect, and Scottish English.

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   Dreich definition: dreary. See examples of DREICH used in a sentence.

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   Definition of dreich adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.