adry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English a-

English dry

English adry

From a- + dry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈdɹʌɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Adjective

adry (comparative more adry, superlative most adry)

1. (archaic) Dry.
2. (archaic) Thirsty.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , I.iii.3:

     counsel can do little good; you may as well bid him that is sick of an ague not to be adry, or him that is wounded not to feel pain.

Anagrams

• Rady, yard, Dray, Dyar, R-Day, Yard, dray