† droumyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Turbid.
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the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque > specific muddy or turbid
druvya1300
drublya1340
oozya1398
feculent1471
troublous1495
mudlya1500
drumlya1522
troublish?1527
puddled1559
puddly1559
suddy1587
muddy1590
droumy1605
muddled1624
turbid1626
turbidous1628
puddlish1633
muddied1642
scuddy1797
roily1823
blundered1855
jumbly1864
mudded1898
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ddd4 To set on fire & trouble states, to the end to fish in droumy waters. View more context for this quotation
1640 Watts tr. Lat. version of do. 421 To become an incendiarie and a perturber of states, to the end he may better fish in droumy waters [L. turbidis aquis].
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Droumy, dirty, muddy. Devon.
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