drab
Εννοια (English)
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- A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
- The colour of this fabric.
- Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.
- A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
Synonyms
olive-drab
sick of
ash-gray
dun-coloured
immoral woman
of the color of the squirrel
Συχνότητα
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/dɹæb/
Ετυμολογία (English)
In summary
Probably from Middle French and Old French drap (“cloth”), either: * from Late Latin drappus (“drabcloth, kerchief; piece of cloth”), most likely from Gaulish *drappo, from Proto-Indo-European *drep- (“to scratch, tear”); or * from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”), from Proto-Germanic *drap-, *drēp- (“something beaten”), from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to beat, crush; to make or become thick”). The English word is cognate with Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck”), Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬱𐬀 (drafša, “banner, flag”), Lithuanian drãpanos (“household linens”), Old Norse trefja (“to rub, wear out”), trof (“fringes”), Sanskrit द्रापि (drāpi, “mantle, gown”), Serbo-Croatian drápati (“to scratch, scrape”)).
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