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drubly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
drubly
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

muddy; dark; turbid

Etymology

From Middle English drubly, drubli, drobli, droflic, from Old English drōflīċ, *drōblīċ, from Proto-Germanic *drōbalīkaz (“turbid”), equivalent to droff or drub + -ly. Cognate with Scots drublie, Old High German truoblīh (“turbid”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

drublier (comparative) more drubly (comparative) drubliest (superlative) most drubly (superlative) drubby (alternative)

Questions

What does drubly mean?
muddy; dark; turbid
Where does drubly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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