DROUTH

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


Noun

drouth (plural drouths)

Alternative form of drought

Source: Wiktionary


Drouth, n.

Definition: Same as Drought. Sandys. Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon. One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream. Milton. In the dust and drouth of London life. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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