drouthy

American  

[drau-thee] / ˈdraʊ ði /

adjective

drouthier, drouthiest

1. droughty.

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drouthy British  

/ ˈdrʊθɪ /

adjective

1. thirsty or dry

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Other Word Forms

• drouthiness
  noun

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Example Sentences

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drouthy drouthier

Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold——" "Nay, not that one; 'tis over long, and 'll make us too drouthy.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

Fertile soils and spontaneous vegetation, reeking with miasma and overpowering from their odour, we had exchanged for a drouthy wilderness of aloetic and cactaceous plants, where the kolquall and several thorn bushes grew paramount.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley

Still we find among the river-drift their flakes of ancient tile, And in drouthy middle August, when the bones of meadows show, We can trace the lines they followed sixteen hundred years ago.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling

Too frequently at nights Burns's love of sociality and excitement drove him forth to seek the companionship of neighbours and drouthy cronies, who gathered habitually at the Globe Tavern and other such haunts.

From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp

I made them anchor at twilight in mid-stream for safety's sake, for in that drouthy clime a firebrand might play havoc with them.

From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan

A drouthier pair of mortals could not have been found anywhere; and at the first draught, each emptied his cup to the bottom!

From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart

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