adjective
General Slang
dreich
· adjective · scottish
Grey, damp, miserable — the default Scottish weather forecast.
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Definitions
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Dreary, bleak, dismal — almost always about weather. That cold drizzly grey day where the sky never quite gets light. Voted Scotland's most iconic Scots word more than once.
“Pure dreich oot there, am no leavin' the hoose.”
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By extension, anything tedious or wearisome — a long meeting, a dull lecture, a slow Sunday.
“That sermon wis absolutely dreich, I nearly fell asleep.”
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dreich In A Sentence
Pure dreich oot there, am no leavin' the hoose.
That sermon wis absolutely dreich, I nearly fell asleep.
Origin & Usage
From Middle English 'dreig' (patient, enduring), via Old Norse 'drjúgr'. Voted favourite Scots word in a 2019 Scottish Book Trust poll.
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