drossyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdrɒsi/, U.S.

/ˈdrɔsi/,

/ˈdrɑsi/

Etymology: < dross n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of metals, etc.: Characterized by containing dross or scorious matter, or waste and worthless material; of the nature of dross; dreggy, feculent.

ΘΚΠ

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

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 > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [adjective] > of nature of slag

drossy1599

slaggy1688

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. x. 106 Yf thi mede is drossy, bareyn, olde, Let plough hit eft.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 7 So doth the fire the drossie Gold refine.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 442 The Empiric Alchimist Can turn..Metals of drossiest Ore to perfet Gold.

1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. xx. 83 These recrementitious, or drossy Parts of the Sugar.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 158 As kingly gold To our thin brass, or drossy lead.

2. transferred and figurative. Impure, mixed with impurities.

ΚΠ

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Avij Yet shal papistes be to light and to drossie to marry with vs.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxi. sig. V3^v Words being rather the drossy part, Conceit I take to be the Principall.

1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xii. 194 We find our actions to be..a drossy compound of nature and grace.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drossy
释义	drossyadj. Brit. /ˈdrɒsi/, U.S. /ˈdrɔsi/, /ˈdrɑsi/ Etymology: < dross n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of metals, etc.: Characterized by containing dross or scorious matter, or waste and worthless material; of the nature of dross; dreggy, feculent. ΘΚΠ 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 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 > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [adjective] > of nature of slag drossy1599 slaggy1688 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. x. 106 Yf thi mede is drossy, bareyn, olde, Let plough hit eft. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 7 So doth the fire the drossie Gold refine. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 442 The Empiric Alchimist Can turn..Metals of drossiest Ore to perfet Gold. View more context for this quotation 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. xx. 83 These recrementitious, or drossy Parts of the Sugar. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 158 As kingly gold To our thin brass, or drossy lead. 2. transferred and figurative. Impure, mixed with impurities. ΚΠ 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Avij Yet shal papistes be to light and to drossie to marry with vs. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxi. sig. V3^v Words being rather the drossy part, Conceit I take to be the Principall. 1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xii. 194 We find our actions to be..a drossy compound of nature and grace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1420
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