driest

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English

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Adjective

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driest

  1. superlative form of dry: most dry

Anagrams

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /drist/
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  • Hyphenation: driest
  • Rhymes: -ist

Adjective

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driest (comparative driester, superlative meest driest or driestst)

  1. bold, reckless

Declension

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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

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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drīest

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

Plautdietsch

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Adjective

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driest

  1. bold, confident
  2. brassy, forward