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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English drȳġe, from Proto-West Germanic *drūgi, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz.
- drie, dry, dryge, druȝe, dryȝe, dri, drige, driȝe, driȝȝe, dru, drue, druiȝe, druie, drei, dreie, draie
Pronunciation
Adjective
drye (plural and weak singular drye, comparative *dryer, superlative *dryest)
- Dry; lacking wetness, humidity, or water:
- (weather) Not wet or lacking rain; dry.
- Having water extracted out of it; dried, shrunken.
- (of food) Preserved by drying; dried or cured.
- Not producing or providing water; waterless.
- Lacking empathy; cold-hearted or uncaring.
- (alchemy, medicine) Alchemically "dry".
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Noun
drye
- Dry weather; drought.
- Lack of hydration; thirstiness.
- (alchemy, medicine) Something considered alchemically dry.
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Etymology 2
Adjective
drye
- alternative form of dregh