drite

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

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drīt, IPA^(key): /dɹaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.

References

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

Anagrams

• tired, tride, tried

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

• “drite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Adjective

drite f

1. feminine plural of drito