dreich

dreigh

/ (driːx) /

adjective

Scot dialect dreary

Nearby words

dree, dreg, dreggy, dregs, dreibund, dreich, dreidel, dreigh, dreikanter, dreiser, dreiser, theodore

Word Origin for dreich

Middle English dreig, drih enduring, from Old English drēog (unattested); see dree

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Examples from the Web for dreich

Can you no' give the young ladies wiselike Scotch songs instead o' that dreich Concone?'
Bud|Neil Munro
And whit dae ye th'ink I wad be buyin' them for if it wasna to keep me frae gantin' in the kirk when the sermon's dreich?
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro