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dronish

dronish adjective: like a drone; slow; sluggish.

Adjective

dronish (comparative more dronish, superlative most dronish)

  1. Like a drone; slow; sluggish.

Forms of dronish

comparativemore dronish
superlativemost dronish

Origin of dronish

From drone + -ish.

Words formed from dronish

Questions about dronish

What does dronish mean?
Dronish means like a drone; slow; sluggish.
What part of speech is dronish?
Dronish is an adjective.

Words near dronish in the dictionary

  1. dronifying
  2. droning
  3. droning on
  4. droningly
  5. dronings
  6. dronish
  7. dronishly
  8. dronishness
  9. dronist
  10. dronists
  11. dronkennesse

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