† drublyadj.
Obsolete.
Turbid, troubled.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of times
drublya1340
the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque > specific muddy or turbid
druvya1300
drublya1340
oozya1398
feculent1471
troublous1495
mudlya1500
drumlya1522
troublish?1527
puddled1559
puddly1559
suddy1587
muddy1590
droumy1605
muddled1624
turbid1626
turbidous1628
puddlish1633
muddied1642
scuddy1797
roily1823
blundered1855
jumbly1864
mudded1898
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xv. 5 Warldis men drynkis..þe drubly delitis of lychery & couaitys.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 27 If þe water be clere..þe bawme es gude, and, if it be thikk and drubly, it es sophisticate.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 132/2 Drobly, or drubly, turbulentus, turbidus.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 109 Thir dirk and drublie dayis.
Derivatives
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > qualities of liquid > turbidity or muddiness
drublinessc1440
troubledness?1527
troubliness?1527
mudding1632
muddinessa1667
turbidness1676
turbidity1782
turbescency1834
troubling1842
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 133/2 Drublynesse, turbulencia, feculencia.
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