droff

See also: dröff

English

Etymology

From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz. Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: drŏf

Adjective

droff (comparative droffer, superlative droffest)

  1. (regional, rare or obsolete) Turbid.
    Deep, droff waters.
    To wade through droff waters.
    After voting to leave the EU, the UK is now treading droff waters.
  2. (regional, rare or obsolete) Sorrowful, disturbed.
    A droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind.
    And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ
    (NVPsalter, c. 1400)

References
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