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dready en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English dredy, equivalent to dread + -y.

Meanings

1. Characterised by dread.
   • […] to this place, where instead of plenty they found want in its last degree, instead of promised fields, a dready wilderness; […] 1999, Bernard Romans, A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, page 179:
   • I was even loyal to the dreadiest enemy. 2021, Sumit Suprabhat Behera, Nila Saila, page 27:
   • Older people, however, and especially those who have what may be called a “dready” disposition, do not call their muscle discomfort soreness and tenderness; they speak of pains and aches. 1920, James Joseph Walsh, Religion and Health, page 244:
   • A moaning river swelling as it flowed, Whose tide our course to dreadier regions showed. 1882, Henry Iliowizi, Sol: An Epic Poem, page 192:

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Deriveds

dreadily

dready en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From dread (“dreadlocks”) + -y.

Meanings

1. (slang) Resembling or characteristic of dreads.
   • According to H. the dreadiest hippies have turned into dressed up ragers and the "kindest" hippie men are mad on sex, passion and illusions. 1996, Amber Gayle, My Evil Twin Sister Number 2: Hometown Interstate-5, page 14:

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