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dreggish

dreggish adjective: foul with lees; dirty.

Adjective

dreggish (comparative more dreggish, superlative most dreggish)

  1. Foul with lees; dirty.
    • his Urin was Pale, crude, dreggish, and turbid, made at pretty long intervals , and in very small quantities1699, Gideon Harvey, The vanities of philosophy and physick
    Synonyms:
    dreggy, footy

Synonyms of dreggish

Forms of dreggish

comparativemore dreggish
superlativemost dreggish

Origin of dreggish

From dreg + -ish.

Questions about dreggish

What does dreggish mean?
Dreggish means foul with lees; dirty.
What part of speech is dreggish?
Dreggish is an adjective.

Words near dreggish in the dictionary

  1. Dreger
  2. Dregers
  3. dreggier
  4. dreggiest
  5. dregginess
  6. dreggish
  7. dreggy
  8. Dreghorn
  9. dregless
  10. dregs
  11. Dreher

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