adry

adry

English

Etymology

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English a-
English dry
English adry

    From a- + dry.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈdɹʌɪ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ

    Adjective

    adry (comparative more adry, superlative most adry)

    1. (archaic) Dry.
    2. (archaic) Thirsty.
      • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
        , I.iii.3:
        counsel can do little good; you may as well bid him that is sick of an ague not to be adry, or him that is wounded not to feel pain.

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