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droughty

[drou-tee]

drought·y

[drou-tee]
adjective, drought·i·er, drought·i·est.
1.
2.
lacking rain.
3.
Chiefly British Dialect. thirsty.
Also, drouthy.


Origin:
1595–1605; drought + -y1

drought·i·ness, noun
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drought (draʊt)
 
n
1.  a prolonged period of scanty rainfall
2.  a prolonged shortage
3.  an archaic or dialect word for thirst Archaic and Scot form: drouth
 
[Old English drūgoth; related to Dutch droogte; see dry]
 
'droughty
 
adj

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