drye

See also: Drye

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English drȳġe, from Proto-West Germanic *drūgi, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz.

Alternative forms

• drie, dry, dryge, druȝe, dryȝe, dri, drige, driȝe, driȝȝe, dru, drue, druiȝe, druie, drei, dreie, draie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriː(ə)/

Adjective

drye (plural and weak singular drye, comparative *dryer, superlative *dryest)

1. Dry; lacking wetness, humidity, or water:
   1. (weather) Not wet or lacking rain; dry.
   2. Having water extracted out of it; dried, shrunken.
   3. (of food) Preserved by drying; dried or cured.
2. Not producing or providing water; waterless.
3. Lacking empathy; cold-hearted or uncaring.
4. (alchemy, medicine) Alchemically "dry".

Synonyms

• sere

Related terms

• droghte
• dryen
• dryenesse

Descendants

• English: dry
• Scots: dry, drey

References

• “drīe, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

Noun

drye

1. Dry weather; drought.
2. Lack of hydration; thirstiness.
3. (alchemy, medicine) Something considered alchemically dry.

References

• “drīe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

Etymology 2

Adjective

drye

1. Alternative form of dregh