drab
To consort with prostitutesTo consort with prostitutes; to whore.
» This color palette is rather drab.
Diese Farbpalette ist recht öde. — Yorwba
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2 senses(also, attributive, intransitive, obsolete)To consort with prostitutes; to whore.
(also, attributive, obsolete, slang)To poison.
Examples
10 sentencesThis color palette is rather drab.
deDiese Farbpalette ist recht öde. — Yorwba
This colour palette is rather drab.
deDiese Farbpalette ist recht öde. — Yorwba
The guests arrived in dribs and drabs.
This morning, the world is grey and drab.
ruЭтим утром мир серый и унылый. — Wezel
deDie Welt heute Morgen ist grau in grau. — raggione
The world is grey and drab this morning.
deDie Welt heute Morgen ist grau in grau. — raggione
Origin
The origin of the noun is uncertain; compare Middle English drabelen, drablen, draplen (“tThe origin of the noun is uncertain; compare Middle English drabelen, drablen, draplen (“to soil; make dirty; to drag on the ground or through mud”), and Low German drabbe (“dirt, mud”), drabbeln (“to soil”), and Old Norse drabba (“to make drab; make dirty”), the latter three ultimately from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to crush, grind; to kill”). The word is also likely to be related to Dutch drab (“dregs, sediment”), Irish drabog, Scottish Gaelic drabag (“dirty woman; slattern”).
Of Romany origin.
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Forms
drabs, drabbing, drabbed, drabbedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle