drought, drouth
(noun) a shortage of rainfall; “farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”
drought, drouth
(noun) a prolonged shortage; “when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
drought (countable and uncountable, plural droughts)
A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
(by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
• losing streak
• winning streak
Source: Wiktionary
Drought, n. Etym: [OE. droght, drougth, dru, AS. druga, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound.]
1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.
2. Thirst; want of drink. Johnson.
3. Scarcity; lack. A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
