dewdrop

See also: dew drop

English

dewdrops on grass

Alternative forms

dew-drop, dew drop

Etymology

From Middle English deu drop, dew droppe, dewe droppe, equivalent to dew +‎ drop. Compare Dutch dauwdruppel (“dewdrop”), German Tautropfen (“dewdrop”), Danish dugdråbe (“dewdrop”), Swedish daggdroppe (“dewdrop”), Faroese døggdropi (“dewdrop”).

Noun

dewdrop (plural dewdrops)

A droplet of water formed as dew.
(baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A slow pitch.

Hypernyms

drop

Translations

a droplet of water formed as dew

Finnish: kastepisara
Greek: δροσοσταλίδα (el) f (drosostalída)
Ancient Greek: πρώξ f (prṓx)
Hungarian: harmatcsepp
Navajo: dahtooʼ

Russian: роси́нка (ru) f (rosínka)
Spanish: gota de rocío
Swedish: daggdroppe c
Turkish: çiy damlası