drossy

American  

[draw-see, dros-ee] / ˈdrɔ si, ˈdrɒs i /

adjective

drossier, drossiest

1. containing dross.

2. resembling dross; worthless.

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Other Word Forms

• drossiness noun
• undrossy adjective

Etymology

Origin of drossy

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at dross, -y ¹

Example Sentences

For most part, too, we must admit that the Learning, heterogeneous as it is, and tumbled-down quite pell-mell, is true, concentrated and purified Learning, the drossy parts smelted out and thrown aside.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

What he thus sucked in, he purged from its drossy mixtures, replenished with fresh vitality, and gave it back clothed in the grace and strength of his own clear spirit.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

We change our drossy dust for gold, From death to life we fly: We let go shadows, and take hold Of immortality.

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John

Astral money, it may be, Circulates in theory; But ’tis best to give us cold, Bilious, drossy, filthy gold.

From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by Bangs, John Kendrick

Earth is a drossy thing in this man's account; earthly greatness and splendors are but like vanishing bubbles in this man's esteem.

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John