drery
Middle English
/ˈdreːriː/, /ˈdriu̯riː/
adj
Definitions
- Experiencing sadness; glum, unhappy.
- Showing sadness; mournful, upset, crying, dreary.
- Saddening, terrible, disappointing, painful.
- Scared, terrified; in a state of panic or fear.
- Ruthless, malicious, without mercy or kindness.
- (rare) Terrifying, scary, horrifying; causing panic and fear.
- (rare) Gruesome, gory.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English drēoriġ (sad) inherited from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (bloody).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dreuzagaz
Gloss
bloody
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drear English
- drearihead English
- drearihood English
- drearily English
- dreariment English
- dreariness English
- drearisome English
- dreary English
- *dʰreus- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰrews- Proto-Indo-European
- *dreuzagaz Proto-Germanic
- dreorig Old English
- dreoriglice Old English
- dreorignes Old English
- drēoriġ Old English
- drēoriġlīċe Old English
- drēoriġmōd Old English
- drēoriġnys Old English
- drerily Middle English
- drerimod Middle English
- dreryhed Middle English
- drerynesse Middle English
- mode Middle English
- trūrag Old High German
- trūreg Old High German