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druggy en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English drug Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English druggy From drug + -y (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of druggie.
    alt of druggie

Forms

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druggies Number=Plur lexicographic

druggy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree English drug Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English druggy From drug + -y (adjectival suffix).

Meanings

  1. Acting as if on drugs; torpid, uncoordinated, etc.
    • Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute). 2023 October 4, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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druggier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
druggiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

druggily · drugginess