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Gladstonian (iou) and dreep (iou)


Gladstonian (iou)



Gladstonian adjective & noun. M19.
[from GLADSTONE + -IAN.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Gladstone or his policies. M19.
C. R. Attlee My father was a Gladstonian Liberal but the rest of the family was Conservative. A. J. P. Taylor Arthur Rowntree had a Gladstonian air and a Gladstonian way of speaking.
b. noun. Hist. A supporter of Gladstone or his policies. M19.
Gladstonianism noun the principles or policies of Gladstone, esp. as relating to the establishment of Home Rule in Ireland M19.

dreep (iou)



dreep verb & noun. [dri:p] Now chiefly dial.
[Old English dreopan = Old Saxon driopan, Old High German triofan, Old Norse drjupa, from Germanic base of DROP verb: cf. DRIP noun, verb. In Scot. a dial. var. of DRIP verb.]
A. verb intrans.
Fall in drops; drip. OE.
Droop; fig. lose courage; walk very slowly; act lethargically. LME.
L. A. G. Strong A shuffling, dreeping old crone.
b. noun.
A wet, dripping, condition. M19.
An ineffective, spiritless, or mournful person; a 'drip'. E20.
dreepy adjective droopy, spiritless L19.