dreariness
English
noun
Definitions
- The characteristic of being dreary.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English drerinesse inherited from Old English drēoriġnys (dreariness, sadness) affix from English dreary (dire, appalling, colourless, drab, dark, grievous, cheerless).
Origin
English
dreary
Gloss
dire, appalling, colourless, drab, dark, grievous, cheerless
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drear English
- drearihead English
- drearihood English
- drearily English
- dreariment English
- drearisome English
- dreary English
- drēoriġnys Old English
- drerinesse Middle English
- drery Middle English
- drerynesse Middle English