drye
See also: Drye
Middle English
Alternative forms
- drie, dry, dryge, druȝe, dryȝe, dri, drige, driȝe, driȝȝe, dru, drue, druiȝe, druie, druȝe, drei, dreie, draie
Etymology
From Old English drȳġe, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdriː(ə)/
Adjective
drye (inflected form drye, comparative *dryer, superlative *dryest)
- Dry; lacking wetness, humidity, or water:
- (weather) Not wet or lacking rain; dry.
- Having water extracted out of it; dried, shrunken.
- (of food) Preserved by drying; dried or cured.
- Not producing or providing water; waterless.
- Lacking empathy; cold-hearted or uncaring.
- (alchemy, medicine) Alchemically "dry".
Synonyms
- sere
Related terms
- drien
- drought
Descendants
- English: dry
- Scots: dry, drey
References
- “drīe (adj.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Noun
drye
- Dry weather; drought.
- Lack of hydration; thirstiness.
- (alchemy, medicine) Something considered alchemically dry.
References
- “drīe (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.