drye
Middle English
/ˈdriː(ə)/
adj
Definitions
- Dry; lacking wetness, humidity, or water:
- Not producing or providing water; waterless.
- Lacking empathy; cold-hearted or uncaring.
- (alchemy) Alchemically "dry".
Etymology
Inherited from Old English drȳġe (dry, withered, parched) inherited from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*drūgiz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adry English
- drier English
- drieth English
- drily English
- driness English
- drip-dry English
- drought English
- dry English
- dry-foot English
- dry-handed English
- dryable English
- drybag English
- drybrush English
- drydock English
- dryer English
- dryfat English
- drygulcher English
- drying English
- dryish English
- dryland English
- dryline English
- dryly English
- dryness English
- drynurse English
- drypainting English
- drypoint English
- drysalter English
- dryscape English
- dryshod English
- dryside English
- drystack English
- drystone English
- drysuit English
- dryth English
- drywall English
- drywipe English
- fordry English
- overdry English
- redry English
- roughdry English
- semidry English
- spray-dry English
- ultradry English
- undry English
- updry English
- *dʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *drūgiz Proto-Germanic
- dryge Old English
- drȳġe Old English
- ไดร์ Thai
- *drūgi Old High German
- *drūch Old Frisian
- drai Tok Pisin
- draiwara Tok Pisin
- drei Sranan Tongo
- dly Chinook Jargon