drerynesse
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English drēoriġnys; equivalent to drery + -nesse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drerynesse (uncountable)
- The state of being sad or sorrowful; sorrowfulness.
- (rare) Poverty, deprivation, squalor; lack of wealth.
- (rare) Agitation; lack of patience or tolerance.
- (rare) Laziness; sloth.
Descendants
[edit]- English: dreariness
References
[edit]- “drẹ̄rīnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.