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    [Adjective]  | "dreich" | \ ˈdrēḵ \


    1: dreary


    Origin: 1786 ;

     Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse drjūgr lasting;

    [Adjective]  | "dreich" 


    1: causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer;


      * e.g., " ... historically regarded as a dreich corner of Britain, Scotland's very name comes from the Greek word for dark "





     [ "dreich" ]

    1: Scottish word, meaning miserable cold gloomy weather.

      * e.g.,  ... It's a dreich day ootside 

     [ "dreich" ]

    1: derived from gaelic Originally meant 'drawn out' ie, long lasting,persistantly bad.

      * e.g.,  ... as applied to the above statement the weather is dreich 

     [ "dreich" ]

    1: dreich a scottish word meaning cold and raining out side

      * e.g.,  ... mad - look outside it's really dreich 

     [ "Dreich" ]

    1: It's a word only used in Scotland to describe a day that's gloomy and gray.

      * e.g.,  ... It's a wee bit Dreich outside today. 

     [ "Dreich (Old Scots origin)" ]

    1: A combination of dull, overcast, drizzly, cold, misty and miserable weather. At least 4 of the above adjectives must apply before the weather is truly dreich

      * e.g.,  ... it was a dreich day 

     [ "Dreich" ]

    1: A Scottish word to describe a man’s anus after a wet fart

      * e.g.,  ... That fart has left my pants a bit dreich Ken? 

     [ "Dreich" ]

    1:  Scottish word describing cold and foggy weather. Short for "Atmospheric Dark Ambient Necrocosmic Dreich Blackened Black Metal". Used to describe the music genre of the band Celestial Slumber. Often misspelled as "dricht". Anyone else using it to describe their music is a carbon-based poser.

      * e.g.,  ...  "Sadly, the weather is pretty dreich today" Poser: "You've listened to the new Mare Cognitum album? It's pretty dreich." Trve Kvlt Elitist: "Only Celestial Slumber are dricht (sic), get your facts straight!" 

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