dretch

verb · nounA2

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verb

V_es/s

dretches

V_ing/Gerund

dretching

V_ed/pp

dretcheddraitch

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.
2.
(intransitive, obsolete)To delay; linger; tarry.
3.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)(intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

dretchesdraitchdrich

1.
An idle wench; a slattern.
2.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)(UK dialectal, Scotland) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English dreċċan, from *drakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *drakjaną (to torment), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrag-, *dʰragʰ- (to bother, torment). Cognate with,.