drite

See also: dritë

English

Alternative forms

  • dryte (15 th–17 th centuries), drytt (15 th–16 th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English driten, from Old English *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.

Pronunciation

Verb

drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

If the accent on the -e is correct, then from dritë with an -é suffix. First attested in 1763, coined by Nicola Chetta as a dictionary entry, and attested nowhere else.[1]

Noun

drité f

  1. (obsolete) (oil) lamp, candlestick

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “drite”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.

Verb

drite (imperative drit, present tense driter, passive drites, simple past dret or dreit, past participle dritet or dritt)

  1. to defecate

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb drita from Old Norse dríta.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²drɪːtə/, /²drɪtə/

Noun

drite f (definite singular drita, indefinite plural driter, definite plural dritene)

  1. diarrhoea (UK) or diarrhea (US)
    Synonyms: skite, diaré
  2. faeces
    Synonyms: drit, skit, skarn, frau, hevd, møk
Derived terms
  • rennedrite
  • dritereig
  • haredrite

Etymology 2

Verb

drite (present tense drit, past tense dreit, supine drite, past participle driten, present participle dritande, imperative drit)

  1. alternative form of drita (defecate)

Slovene

Verb

drite

  1. second-person plural imperative of dreti

Venetan

Adjective

drite f

  1. feminine plural of drito