Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

droumy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: droumy
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

choppy, muddy, or dreary

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"...or that other protestation of L. Catilina, to set on fire and trouble states, to the end to fish in droumy waters,..."
"droumy days are full of fog again"
"His presence bears a droumy spell"

Etymology

Compare Scots drum, dram (“melancholy”), Icelandic prumr (“a moper”), Welsh trwm (“heavy, sad”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more droumy (comparative) most droumy (superlative)

Questions

What does droumy mean?: choppy, muddy, or dreary
Where does droumy come from?: Compare Scots drum, dram (“melancholy”), Icelandic prumr (“a moper”), Welsh trwm (“heavy, sad”).

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