Drouthy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Drouthy is an adjective meaning (Scotland, US) Droughty, dry.
Meaning
(Scotland, US) Droughty, dry.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, US) Thirsty.
Example Sentences
"[…]Help yoursel' to some wine, Mr. Birkenshaw, for it's drouthy work talking."
At parting, they bestowed a cup on him of a miraculous make, for it was ever full of wine, let the drinker be ever so drouthy.
A drouthier pair of mortals could not have been found anywhere, and, at the first draught, each emptied his cup to the bottom!
1886 was the drouthiest year in over a generation, and the wells had dried up, and the black land on Tobe Pickett's farm had cracks in it wide enough to swallow a jackrabbit.
Word Forms
- drouthier
- drouthiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crony, droumy, driegh, drubly, draughty, drear.
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