- dropian
- wv/t2 to drop, drip, trickle
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
dropian
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drupian — see dropian … Old to modern English dictionary
drip — {{11}}drip (n.) mid 15c., from DRIP (Cf. drip) (v.). The slang meaning stupid, feeble, or dull person is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense nonsense (1919). {{12}}drip (v.) c.1300, perhaps from from M.Dan.… … Etymology dictionary
droop — (v.) early 13c., from O.N. drupa to drop, sink, hang (the head), from P.Gmc. *drup , from PIE *dhreu , related to O.E. dropian to drop (see DRIP (Cf. drip)). Related: Drooping. As a noun, from 1640s … Etymology dictionary
drop — {{11}}drop (n.) O.E. dropa a drop of liquid, from P.Gmc. *drupon (Cf. O.S. dropo, O.N. dropi, Du. drop, O.H.G. tropfo, Ger. Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu . Meaning an act of dropping is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc … Etymology dictionary
