drackadj.n.

Brit.

/drak/, U.S.

/dræk/, Australian English /dræk/

Forms: Also drac.

Etymology: Of uncertain origin; said by Wilkes to derive perhaps from the name of the film Dracula's Daughter (U.S., 1936).

Australian slang.

A. adj.

Unprepossessing, unattractive; dreary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

dreicha1300

alangec1330

joylessa1400

tedious1412

wearifulc1454

weary1465

laboriousa1475

tiresome?a1513

irksome1513

wearisome1530

woodena1566

irkful1570

flat1573

leaden1593

barren1600

soaked1600

unlively1608

dulla1616

irking1629

drearisome1633

drear1645

plumbous1651

fatigable1656

dreary1667

uncurious1685

unenlivened1692

blank1726

disinteresting1737

stupid1748

stagnant1749

trist?1756

vegetable1757

borish1766

uninteresting1769

unenlivening1774

oorie1787

wearying1796

subjectless1803

yawny1805

wearing1811

stuffy1813

sloomy1820

tediousome1823

arid1827

lacklustrous1834

boring1839

featureless1839

slow1840

sodden1853

ennuying1858

dusty1860

cabbagy1861

old1864

mouldy1876

yawnful1878

drab1880

dehydrated1884

interestless1886

jay1889

boresome1895

stodgy1895

stuffy1895

yawnsome1900

sludgy1901

draggy1922

blah1937

nowhere1940

drack1945

stupefactive1970

schleppy1978

wack1986

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 127 Sope..‘expresses all that is condemnable in anybody or anything’... Drack and bodger are modern equivalents.

1949 R. Park Poor Man's Orange 180 He was always stuck with drack types like Dolour Darcy.

1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 94 It's a football dance, not just one of those drac turns they slap on for the locals.

1968 G. Dutton Andy 265 You blokes get on to some bloody drack subjects.

1972 Sydney Morning Herald 26 Sept. 9 Mr Hardy said he would put aside his memories..of meeting Raquel Welch (‘A drac sort—not nearly as good looking in the flesh as you would expect’).

B. n.

An unattractive or unwelcome person (esp. a woman); spec. a policeman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > unattractive > person

drack1960

skanky1963

butt-faced1973

butters2003

1960 S. Woodfield A for Artemis 34 It was the police chief. It was as much as I could do to stop yelling, ‘Quick Bill, the dracks are in.’

1966 B. Beaver You can't come Back 26 I thought she was going to kiss it [sc. my hand] or maybe bite it like another silly drack I knew once did.

1977 W. Moore Just to Myself 13 She was a bit of a drac, but we put up with her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	drack
释义	drackadj.n. Brit. /drak/, U.S. /dræk/, Australian English /dræk/ Forms: Also drac. Etymology: Of uncertain origin; said by Wilkes to derive perhaps from the name of the film Dracula's Daughter (U.S., 1936). Australian slang. A. adj. Unprepossessing, unattractive; dreary. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 127 Sope..‘expresses all that is condemnable in anybody or anything’... Drack and bodger are modern equivalents. 1949 R. Park Poor Man's Orange 180 He was always stuck with drack types like Dolour Darcy. 1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 94 It's a football dance, not just one of those drac turns they slap on for the locals. 1968 G. Dutton Andy 265 You blokes get on to some bloody drack subjects. 1972 Sydney Morning Herald 26 Sept. 9 Mr Hardy said he would put aside his memories..of meeting Raquel Welch (‘A drac sort—not nearly as good looking in the flesh as you would expect’). B. n. An unattractive or unwelcome person (esp. a woman); spec. a policeman. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > unattractive > person drack1960 skanky1963 butt-faced1973 butters2003 1960 S. Woodfield A for Artemis 34 It was the police chief. It was as much as I could do to stop yelling, ‘Quick Bill, the dracks are in.’ 1966 B. Beaver You can't come Back 26 I thought she was going to kiss it [sc. my hand] or maybe bite it like another silly drack I knew once did. 1977 W. Moore Just to Myself 13 She was a bit of a drac, but we put up with her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1945
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