Droumy

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    choppy, muddy, or dreary obsolete

    "...or that other protestation of L. Catilina, to set on fire and trouble states, to the end to fish in droumy waters,..."

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"...or that other protestation of L. Catilina, to set on fire and trouble states, to the end to fish in droumy waters,..."

Etymology

Compare Scots drum, dram (“melancholy”), Icelandic prumr (“a moper”), Welsh trwm (“heavy, sad”).

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