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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.