drinkwater

Meanings

Noun

• Potable water; water intended for drinking

Adjective

• Small, rural, and insignificant.

Related

Similar words

• drinking water
• backwater, podunk, jerkwater

Origin

• From Middle English drinkwater (attested as a nickname), equivalent to drink + water. Compare Saterland Frisian Drinkwoater, West Frisian drinkwetter, Dutch drinkwater, German Low German Drinkwater, German Trinkwasser.