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droughtier

droughtier is the comparative form of droughty.

Meaning of droughty

Adjective

droughty (comparative droughtier, superlative droughtiest)

  1. Lacking rain.
    • From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 268
  2. (archaic) Dry; thirsty.
    • thou muſt / With taſteleſs Water waſh thy droughty Throat.1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 52

Questions about droughtier

What is droughtier the comparative form of?
Droughtier is the comparative form of droughty.

Words near droughtier in the dictionary

  1. drouges
  2. drought
  3. drought-resistant
  4. drought-tolerant
  5. droughted
  6. droughtier
  7. droughtiest
  8. droughtiness
  9. droughting
  10. droughtless
  11. droughtproof

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