drite

See also: dritë

English

Alternative forms

• dryte (15 ^th–17 ^th centuries), drytt (15 ^th–16 ^th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English driten, from Old English *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drīt, IPA^(key): /dɹaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)

1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Derived terms

• bedrite

References

• “drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• tried, tider, tride, tired

Albanian

Etymology

If the accent on the -e is correct, then from dritë with an -é suffix. First attested in 1763, coined by Nicola Chetta as a dictionary entry, and attested nowhere else.

Noun

drité f

1. (obsolete) (oil) lamp, candlestick

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.

Verb

drite (imperative drit, present tense driter, passive drites, simple past dret or dreit, past participle dritet or dritt)

1. to defecate

References

• “drite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb drita from Old Norse dríta.

Alternative forms

• drita, dritu (unofficial)
• dreta, dreda, dretu, drytu (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²drɪːtə/, /²drɪtə/

Noun

drite f (definite singular drita, indefinite plural driter, definite plural dritene)

1. diarrhoea (UK) or diarrhea (US)

   Synonyms: skite, diaré

2. faeces

   Synonyms: drit, skit, skarn, frau, hevd, møk

Derived terms

• rennedrite
• dritereig
• haredrite

Etymology 2

Verb

drite (present tense drit, past tense dreit, supine drite, past participle driten, present participle dritande, imperative drit)

1. alternative form of drita (“defecate”)

Slovene

Verb

drite

1. second-person plural imperative of dreti

Venetan

Adjective

drite f

1. feminine plural of drito