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drabbish en · ADJ

Etymology

From drab + -ish.

Meanings

1. Somewhat drab in colour.
   • the fronts of the thighs of Gibberne's white trousers were scorched a drabbish brown 1901, H. G. Wells, The New Accelerator:
2. (archaic) Having the character of a drab or low wench.
   • instead of the drabbish woman she had expected, Mrs. Hall saw a pale, dark-eyed, ladylike creature, whose personality ruled her attire rather than was ruled by it. 1884, Thomas Hardy, Interlopers at the Knap:

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