Dictionary

dreggy en · ADJ

Etymology

From dreg + -y.

Meanings

1. Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul.
   • It was now dark and Heath found himself walking into the dreggiest part of town. 2008, Rob Love, A Ballad of Love and War, iUniverse, page 185:
   • 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. 1837 June, “The American Quarterly Review: March and June 1837”, in Horticulture, volume XXI, page 376:
   • Now, I have been in cleaning about two years and I know one thing, cleaning and catering are the dreggiest jobs to be in. 2005, Ola West, A Clean Week, page 21:

Forms

Deriveds

dregginess

Synonyms

footy · dreggish

Translations (8)

it feccioso (containing dregs or lees) · ga drifisceach (containing dregs or lees) · sv sörjig (containing dregs or lees) · ga deascúil (containing dregs or lees) · is syrjóttur (containing dregs or lees) · ga dríodartha (containing dregs or lees) · ga moirtiúil (containing dregs or lees) · pl fusowaty (containing dregs or lees)