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单词 druvy
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druvyadj.

Brit. /ˈdruːvi/, U.S. /ˈdruvi/
Forms: Old English drofi, Middle English droui, Middle English drouy, Middle English drovy, late Middle English drouye; English regional (northern) 1600s–1800s druvy, 1800s drewvy (Cumberland), 1800s druivy (Cumberland), 1800s– dreuvy (Cumberland).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drof adj., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < drof adj. + -y suffix1. With use in Middle English compare also drove v.1
Now rare and historical.
1. Of the mind: troubled, disturbed. Cf. drove v.1 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective]
reigheOE
drofc1000
druvyOE
restlessOE
worya1225
forstraughtc1386
unquertc1390
unsaughtc1390
ill (evil) at easea1400
unrofula1400
unquietc1400
unrestya1413
unquieted?a1425
unrestful?c1425
unpeaceda1475
out of quieta1500
inquiet?1504
uneasya1513
perturbed1538
unquietous?1545
disquieted?1548
astraught1564
astraughted1565
agitate1567
turmoiled1570
disquiet1587
distroubled1590
weltered1590
disturbed1593
twitcheda1594
troublesome1596
stract1598
uncomposed1601
discomposed1603
incomposed1608
uncouth1660
unserene1664
chagrin1665
agitated1684
perturbated1704
disordered1711
perturbate1741
chagrineda1754
nervish1760
uncomfortable1796
funked1831
untranquillized1831
streaked1833
striped1839
discomfortable1844
streaky1848
bothered1851
funked out1859
bebothered1866
disorderly1871
fantod1883
rattled1885
aflap1887
shook1891
dicked-up1967
torqued1967
weirded out1973
OE Ælfric tr. Basil Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem 44 Se þe his broðor hatað, he hæfð unstilnesse and swyðe drofi mod þurh þæs deofles tihtinge.
OE Hymns (Julius A.vi) cix. 1 in H. Gneuss Hymnar u. Hymnen im englischen Mittelalter (1968) 389 Erige nostras turbidas mentes polo, sana nostras aegras conscientias : uparær ure drofian mod to heofonum & gehæl ure adligan ingehyd.
2. Not clear or transparent; turbid, opaque; murky; cloudy. Also: muddy. Cf. drove v.1 2. English regional (northern) in later use.
ΘΚΠ
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
a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 359 So droui is te sees grund.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §816 He is lyk to an hors that seketh rather to drynken drouy or trouble water than for to drynken water of the clere welle.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 39v Drovy, turbidus..to make Drovy, turbare.
1691 W. Nicholson Glossarium Northanhymbricum in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 141 Druvy, adj. limosus.
1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay & Other Poems 60 Ayont yon dark and druvy river.
1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Druivy, overcast, muddy.
1885 H. Caine Shadow of Crime 213 The roads are varra drewvy after the snow.
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Druvy, dirty; literally, troubled as water is troubled.
2003 M. Elphinstone Voyageurs 278 Where the rivers led away into the forest, we always found men fishing where the waters were dreuvy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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