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dretch en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English dreċċan (“to vex, irritate, trouble, torment, torture, oppress, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *drakjaną (“to torment”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrag-, *dʰragʰ- (“to bother, torment”). Cognate with Russian раздража́ть (razdražátʹ, “to irritate”), Sanskrit द्राघते (drāghate, “to exert oneself, be tired, torment”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.

Forms

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dretches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dretched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dretched Tense=Past lexicographic
dretching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

dretch en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English *dreċċan (“to draw out, delay, linger”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *drakjaną (“to draw, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“to pull, drag, scratch”). Cognate with Scots dratch, dretch (“to dawdle”), Dutch trekken (“to draw, pull, tear, pluck, trek”), German trecken (“to draw, trek”), Danish trække (“to draw, pull”), Norwegian dråk (“stripe”), Swedish dialectal drakig (“striped, streaked”), Icelandic rák (“streak”).

Meanings

  1. An idle wench; a slattern.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler.

Forms

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draitch Scotland, alternative lexicographic
drich Scotland, alternative lexicographic
dretches Number=Plur lexicographic

dretch en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English *dreċċan (“to draw out, delay, linger”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *drakjaną (“to draw, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“to pull, drag, scratch”). Cognate with Scots dratch, dretch (“to dawdle”), Dutch trekken (“to draw, pull, tear, pluck, trek”), German trecken (“to draw, trek”), Danish trække (“to draw, pull”), Norwegian dråk (“stripe”), Swedish dialectal drakig (“striped, streaked”), Icelandic rák (“streak”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To delay; linger; tarry.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.

Forms

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dretches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dretching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
drich Scotland, alternative lexicographic
draitch Scotland, alternative lexicographic
dretched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dretched Tense=Past lexicographic