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单词 dreggy
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dreggyadj.

Brit. /ˈdrɛɡi/, U.S. /ˈdrɛɡi/
Etymology: formed as dreggish adj. + -y suffix1.
a. Abounding in dregs or fæces; of the nature or character of dregs; feculent; foul, impure; turbid, polluted.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective]
mixedc1300
pollutea1382
infectc1384
unpurea1398
fouledc1400
drossyc1420
polluteda1425
defouledc1440
dreggyc1440
feculent1471
filed1483
violate?c1500
feding1502
fly-blown1528
cankered1530
defiled1530
contagious1547
dregful1552
contaminatea1555
menstruous1560
dreggish1561
conspurcate1563
empoisoned1581
inquinated?1593
pollutionate1593
fly-bitten1598
impure1598
druggy1599
contaminated1609
transboundary1918
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 131/2 Dreggy..or fulle of drestys, feculentus.
1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 48 Grapes leave much feculent and dreggie matter in the body.
1657 Physical Dict. The thinner parts are evaporated, and the thicker remain black and dreggy.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. 102 Either Dreggy, or..mingled with the settlings of the Cask.
1883 Standard 19 May 6/2 Tallow..fine, 42s...dark dreggy lots, 39s.
b. transferred and figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [adjective] > of the nature of
drastya1000
drossyc1420
rubbish1565
excremental1576
excrementuous1576
dreggy1593
draffy1624
quisquilian1648
quisquiliary1653
rossy1657
ruderous1657
quisquilious1827
rubbishly1828
shit1968
shite1987
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > polluted or defiled
wemmed1382
defouledc1440
defiled1530
spotteda1535
gleetous1535
commaculate1570
dreggy1593
inquinated?1593
sullied1683
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 29v Twenty thousand of these dreggy lees of Libertines.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 880 This Earth..the Lowest and most Dreggy Part of the Universe!
1741 E. Poston Pratler (1747) I. 33 Old Age, or the dreggy Part of Life.
1867 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. (Amer. ed. 1) ii. 46 A dreggy hybrid of the basest bloods of Europe.

Derivatives

ˈdreggily adv.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adverb]
pollutionately1593
dreggily1876
defilingly1889
1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xxxv. 638 Dim city edges that dip drearily and dreggily to the brink.
ˈdregginess n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > polluted or defiled condition
sulliedness1571
impurity1598
defiledness1607
dregginess1608
drossiness1638
feculency1651
feculence1733
branfulness1879
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 260 Hauing but little earthy draggines and drossie refuse.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 51 The dregginess of the Ferment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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