dreary

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

  • From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ, from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews-, equivalent to drear + -y. Cognate with Dutch treurig, Low German trurig, German traurig, Old Norse dreyrigr. Related to Old English drēor, Old English drysmian.

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