"droff" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: droffer [comparative], droffest [superlative]
enPR: drŏf Etymology: From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz. Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|drof||turbid, troubled}} Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), {{inh|en|ang|drōf|t=dreggy; dirty; troubled}} Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*drōbuz}} Proto-Germanic *drōbuz, {{cog|nl|droef|t=sad; miserable}} Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), {{cog|de|trüb|t=turbid; dim; sad}} German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} droff (comparative droffer, superlative droffest)
  1. (regional, obsolete) Turbid. Tags: obsolete, regional
    Sense id: en-droff-en-adj-rTyetNXy Categories (other): Regional English
  2. (regional, obsolete) Sorrowful, disturbed. Tags: obsolete, regional
    Sense id: en-droff-en-adj-bar57tlg Categories (other): Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: drubly, trub
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