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dropple

dropple noun: a drop (of rain, dew, etc).

Noun

dropple (plural dropples)

  1. (rare) A drop (of rain, dew, etc).
    • ... dropple of dew / The white on her neck & the dun on her breast / The wood piegon loiters right full in thy view / On the maple that hangs oer the path with a nest / A few sticks accross & the eggs shining through / Just under the maple […]1996 [????], John Clare, John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822-1837: Volume V, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134
    • […] swings his arms around, dropples of water spatting everywhere.2002, Graeme Feltham, 100 Naked Beers

Forms of dropple

pluraldropples

Origin of dropple

drop + -le; compare droplet, Limburgish dróppel.

Questions about dropple

What does dropple mean?
Dropple means a drop (of rain, dew, etc).
What part of speech is dropple?
Dropple is a noun.
What is the plural of dropple?
The plural of dropple is dropples.

Words near dropple in the dictionary

  1. dropping trou
  2. dropping trow
  3. droppingly
  4. droppings
  5. droppings in
  6. dropple
  7. dropples
  8. droprenilamine
  9. dropropizine
  10. drops
  11. drops a bollock

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