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   • 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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   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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   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 dreary mean in English?

   • Friday morning is dreich, wet and monotone. Here, the tea flows copiously, there's a drying room for dreich weather and homemade jam at breakfast. 4 meanings: Scottish dialect dreary → 1. sad or dull; dismal 2. wearying; boring 3. archaic miserable.... Click for more definitions.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDREICH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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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     DREICH meaning: 1. used for describing wet, dark, unpleasant...

   • Znaczenie Dreich, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     DREICH definicja: 1. used for describing wet, dark,...

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     dreich translate: （天氣）陰冷潮濕的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     dreich translate: （天气）阴冷潮湿的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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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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   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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   Sep 25, 2024 · The most common usage of dreich in modern Scotland, as defined by the Cambridge dictionary, is simply to describe “wet, dark, unpleasant, weather”. As in: “It’s awfy dreich oot there the ...

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   Jun 2, 2024 · dreich (countable and uncountable, plural dreiches) (countable, Northern England, North Midlands) A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task. (uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.

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   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.