driest

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɹaɪəst/

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Adjective

driest

1. superlative form of dry: most dry
   • 2025 November 12, “West of England services respite”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 17:

     Network Rail said this has been due to the driest ever spring and summer, which caused clay embankments to shrink unevenly in a process called soil moisture deficit.

Anagrams

• direst, tiders, disert, stride, redist, ridest, drites, Stride, dister

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German drīste, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drist/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: driest
• Rhymes: -ist

Adjective

driest (comparative driester, superlative meest driest or driestst)

1. bold, reckless

Declension

Declension of driest
uninflected	driest
inflected	drieste
comparative	driester
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		driest	driester	het driestst het driestste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	drieste	driestere	driestste
	n. sing.	driest	driester	driestste
	plural	drieste	driestere	driestste
definite		drieste	driestere	driestste
partitive		driests	driesters	—

Derived terms

• driesteling
• driestheid

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dri͜yːst/
• Rhymes: -i͜yːst

Verb

drīest

1. second/third-person singular present indicative of drēosan

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German drîst(e), from Old Saxon thrīst(i), from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī (“bold, daring, audacious”).

Adjective

driest

1. bold, confident

   Synonyms: jewoacht, brow

   Antonym: schuchta

2. brassy, forward

   Synonym: aufjebrieecht

Derived terms

• Driestheit
• schwiendriest
• äwadriest