droff

See also: dröff

English

Etymology

From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz. Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).

Pronunciation

• enPR: drŏf

Adjective

droff (comparative droffer, superlative droffest)

1. (regional, obsolete) Turbid.

   wading through deep, droff waters

2. (regional, obsolete) Sorrowful, disturbed.

   a droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind

   And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ

   (NVPsalter, c. 1400)

Related terms

• drubly
• trub

References

• The Middle English Dictionary
• bosworthtoller.com

Anagrams

• Dorff