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dross⋅y

  [draw-see, dros-ee]
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–adjective, dross⋅i⋅er, dross⋅i⋅est.
1. containing dross.
2. resembling dross; worthless.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see dross, -y 1

Related forms:
dross⋅i⋅ness, noun
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dross   (drŏs, drôs)   
n.  

  1. Waste or impure matter: discarded the dross after recycling the wood pulp.

  2. The scum that forms on the surface of molten metal as a result of oxidation.

  3. Worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter: "He was wide-awake and his mind worked clearly, purged of all dross" (Vladimir Nabokov).


[Middle English dros, from Old English drōs, dregs.]
dross'y adj.
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