drite

See also: dritë

English

Alternative forms

• dryte (15 ^th–17 ^th centuries), drytt (15 ^th–16 ^th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English driten, from Old English *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drīt, IPA^(key): /dɹaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)

1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Derived terms

• bedrite

References

• “drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• tried, tider, tride, tired