gortdroog

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of gort +‎ droog. First attested in the late nineteenth century.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɣɔrtˈdroːx/
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  • Hyphenation: gort‧droog

Adjective[edit]

gortdroog (not comparable)

  1. bone-dry (very dry)
    Synonyms: beendroog, kurkdroog
  2. extremely deadpan

Inflection[edit]

Declension of gortdroog
uninflected gortdroog
inflected gortdroge
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial gortdroog
indefinite m./f. sing. gortdroge
n. sing. gortdroog
plural gortdroge
definite gortdroge
partitive gortdroogs