drite

See also: dritë

English

Alternative forms

  • dryte (15 th–17 th centuries), drytt (15 th–16 th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English driten, from Old English drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.

Pronunciation

Verb

drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drate, past participle dritten)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialectal) To defecate.
Synonyms

References

  • drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.

Verb

drite (imperative drit, present tense driter, passive drites, simple past dret, past participle dritet or dritt)

  1. To defecate.

References


Venetian

Adjective

drite f

  1. feminine plural of drito
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