drought

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[edit] Etymology

Old English drūġaþ

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[edit] Noun

drought (plural droughts)

  1. A period of below average rain fall, longer and more severe than a dry spell
  2. (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

[edit] Translations

a period of below average rain fall

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press). Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. ISBN 8839551107. Online version here
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