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English
Etymology
From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”).
Noun
drury
- (obsolete) Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
- (obsolete) A love token or keepsake, a physical object symbolic of a loving relationship.
- (obsolete) A beloved person; a sweetheart.
- (obsolete) A beloved thing; a treasure.
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:It is as derworth a drewery · as dere god hym-seluen.
References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Druery”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 686, column 3: “Love, esp. sexual love love-making, courtship; often illicit love, amour.”.
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