dreggy

English

Etymology

dreg +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛɡi

Adjective

dreggy (comparative dreggier, superlative dreggiest)

1. Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul.
   • 1837 June, “The American Quarterly Review: March and June 1837”, in Horticulture, volume XXI, page 376:

     In the third place, I truly esteem those that are pretty much perfumed and well scented, though I do not care that this perfection should be enclosed in a pulp that is extremely hard and full of dreggy matter, as the amadotte, the citron, and the great winter musk pears.

   • 2005, Ola West, A Clean Week‎^[1], page 21:

     Now, I have been in cleaning about two years and I know one thing, cleaning and catering are the dreggiest jobs to be in.

   • 2008, Rob Love, A Ballad of Love and War, iUniverse, page 185:

     It was now dark and Heath found himself walking into the dreggiest part of town.

Derived terms

• dregginess

Translations

containing dregs or lees

• Icelandic: syrjóttur
• Irish: moirtiúil, deascúil, dríodartha, drifisceach
• Italian: feccioso (it)
• Swedish: sörjig

muddy — see muddy

References

• “dreggy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.