dreich
adjective/driːx/
/driːx/
(Scottish English)- depressing, miserable or cold
- dreich weather on the Scottish coast
- a dreich church service
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘patient, long-suffering’): of Germanic origin, corresponding to Old Norse drjúgr ‘enduring, lasting’.Definitions on the go
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