drublie

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English drubly, from Old English drōfliċ (“agitated; disturbed; troublesome; irksome; sad”), probably influenced by obsolete Middle English trouble (adjective). Cognate with English drubly.

Adjective

drublie (comparative drublier, superlative drubliest)

  1. Disturbed, turbid, cloudy.
    In to thir dark and drublie dayis, / When sable all the heavens arrayis. — William Dunbar, ‘Meditation In Winter’
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