drossy

Etymology

dross +‎ -y

Adjective

drossy (comparative drossier or more drossy, superlative drossiest or most drossy)

1. worthless
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2

     Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I

     know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the

     time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of

     yeasty collection, which carries them through and

     through the most profane and winnowed opinions