droff
See also: dröff
English
Etymology
From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), 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)
- (regional, rare or obsolete) Turbid.
- Deep, droff waters.
- To wade through droff waters.
- After voting to leave the EU, the UK is now treading droff waters.
- (regional, rare or obsolete) Sorrowful, disturbed.
- A droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind.
- And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ(NVPsalter, c. 1400)
Related terms
- drubly
- trub
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
- bosworthtoller.com