Drubly

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    muddy; dark; turbid Northern-Ireland, Scotland, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English drubly, drubli, drobli, droflic, from Old English drōflīċ, *drōblīċ, from Proto-Germanic *drōbalīkaz (“turbid”), equivalent to droff or drub + -ly. Cognate with Scots drublie, Old High German truoblīh (“turbid”).

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