droff

See also: dröff

English

Etymology

From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz. Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: drŏf

Adjective

droff (comparative droffer, superlative droffest)

  1. (regional, obsolete) Turbid.
    wading through deep, droff waters
  2. (regional, obsolete) Sorrowful, disturbed.
    a droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind
    And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ
    (NVPsalter, c. 1400)

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