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droff

droff adjective: turbid.

Adjective

droff (comparative droffer, superlative droffest)

  1. (obsolete, regional) Turbid.
    • wading through deep, droff waters
  2. (obsolete, regional) Sorrowful, disturbed.
    • a droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind
    • And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ

Forms of droff

comparativedroffer
superlativedroffest

Origin of droff

From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”). Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).

Questions about droff

What does droff mean?
Droff means turbid.
What part of speech is droff?
Droff is an adjective.

Words near droff in the dictionary

  1. Droddys
  2. Droege
  3. Droeges
  4. droewors
  5. drofenine
  6. droff
  7. drog
  8. Droge
  9. droger
  10. drogers
  11. Droges

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