droghte

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English drūgaþ, from dryġe (“dry”).

Noun

droghte (plural droghtes)

drought
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1-2.
  Whan in Aprill, with his shoures soote
  
  The droghte of March hath perced to the roote

Descendants

Scots: drocht
English: drought, drouth

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