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drearihead

drearihead noun: sadness; dreariness.

Noun

drearihead (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) sadness; dreariness
    • suddein feare and ghastly drerihedd1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Origin of drearihead

From Middle English dreryhed; equivalent to dreary + -head (“hood”).

Questions about drearihead

What does drearihead mean?
Drearihead means sadness; dreariness.
What part of speech is drearihead?
Drearihead is a noun.

Words near drearihead in the dictionary

  1. drearer
  2. drearest
  3. drearier
  4. drearies
  5. dreariest
  6. drearihead
  7. drearihood
  8. drearily
  9. dreariment
  10. dreariments
  11. dreariness

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