The evening was dreich.
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Dreich
//dɹiːk//
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monotonousmoodymundanenever-endingno fun at partiesno jokenonstopongoingpalaverouspedanticpedestrianperiphrasticpermanentperpetualpersistentplainplaintivepleonasticpokeyponderous
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Finnish
1 entries- suuri vaiva noun (tedious or troublesome task; most tedious or troublesome part of a task)
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And in the night he would wander the forest through, or bathe his fevered limbs in dark streams; and when hunger fell on him he followed the chase, and so swift of foot he grew and so strong of his hands that the wild boar, the wolf, and deer found him a dreich blow-dealer.
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So Alec showed her the letter, 'twas long and dreich and went on and on; […]
Source: wiktionary
VVhen thou an' I vvere young an' ſkiegh, / An' ſtable-meals at Fairs vvere driegh, / Hovv thou vvad prance, an' ſnore, an' ſkriegh, / An' tak the road!
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