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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.

   Dreich Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   When was the word 'dreich' first used?

   • The charity said the first recorded use of the word "dreich" was in 1420, when it originally meant "enduring" or "slow, tedious". A total of 1,895 votes were cast in the annual poll. If you ask someone to be quiet, you might say "wheesht".

   'Dreich' is named most popular Scots word by Scottish Book Trust

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   What does driech mean?

   • Driech as he calls it, means a slow payer, . . . unco driech is very slow, and “driecher and driecher” means, as we say in the South, worser and worser. Arg. 1917 N. Munro Jimmy Swan 33: By-and-by I found Macleerie a little dreich in settlin' his bills.

   Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: dreich

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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.

   DREICH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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

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   treacherously. unflyable. ungenial. unseasonable. See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Wet weather & wetness. (Definition of dreich from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of dreich. dreich.

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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...

   • Dreich in Simplified Chinese

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

3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDREICH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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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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   Definition. Synonyms. Example Sentences. Word History. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. dreich. adjective. ˈdrēḵ. Synonyms of dreich. chiefly Scotland. : dreary. Synonyms. black. bleak. cheerless. chill. Cimmerian. cloudy. cold. comfortless. darkening. depressing. depressive. desolate. dire. disconsolate. dismal. dreary. elegiacal. forlorn.

6. www.oed.com › dictionary › dreich_adjdreich, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   Nov 7, 2023 · There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective dreich, six 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, northern Irish English, and Scottish English.

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   Jun 2, 2024 · shortened from Old English ġedrēog (“calm, quiet; sober; fit, suitable”, adjective), from ġe- (prefix forming adjectives of association or similarity) + Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (“enduring, lasting”) (from *dreuganą (“to serve, be a retainer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to serve one’s tribe; loyal”)); and.

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   Learn the translation for ‘dreich’ in LEO’s ­English ⇔ German­ dictionary. With noun/verb tables for the different cases and tenses links to audio pronunciation and relevant forum discussions free vocabulary trainer