Monday Word: Driech
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1word1daydriech [dreekh]
(especially of weather) dreary; bleak.
adjective
examples
1. If the weather was driech, Grace would sit on a sheltered bench, where one day a year or so back she had been joined by a gentleman of similar years (which was to say, eight or nine years younger than George). "Trip Trap" by Ian Rankin.
2. During the next three years (and that is a long driech time) I made many excuses for not going down to Eden Valley. The Dew of Their Youth by SR Crockett 1887
origin
Dreich (pronounced dreekh or dreech), the Scots word for wet, dull, and miserable weather, originates from Middle English and has roots in Old English (*drēog) and early Scandinavian, with usage recorded as early as 1420. Originally, it meant "enduring," "persistent," or "slow/tedious," which evolved to describe the unrelenting, slow-moving wet weather common in Scotland
(especially of weather) dreary; bleak.
adjective
examples
1. If the weather was driech, Grace would sit on a sheltered bench, where one day a year or so back she had been joined by a gentleman of similar years (which was to say, eight or nine years younger than George). "Trip Trap" by Ian Rankin.
2. During the next three years (and that is a long driech time) I made many excuses for not going down to Eden Valley. The Dew of Their Youth by SR Crockett 1887
origin
Dreich (pronounced dreekh or dreech), the Scots word for wet, dull, and miserable weather, originates from Middle English and has roots in Old English (*drēog) and early Scandinavian, with usage recorded as early as 1420. Originally, it meant "enduring," "persistent," or "slow/tedious," which evolved to describe the unrelenting, slow-moving wet weather common in Scotland
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