drouk

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *drug, from Proto-Celtic *drukos (compare Old Irish droch and Welsh drwg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdruːk/

Adjective

drouk

1. bad, evil

References

• "drouk" in TermOfis, Office Public de la Langue Bretonne

Scots

Alternative forms

• drook

Etymology

Uncertain. Attested since at least 1513. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) and English Dialect Dictionary mention Old Norse drukna (“drown”), but the DSL says this would've produced a short vowel in Scots, not the long vowel that is attested. Compare draik, drawk, drauk (“saturate, drench”), droke, drock (“to drench”).

Verb

drouk

1. (transitive) to drench, to soak, to thoroughly wet
   • 1887, Robert Cleland, Inchbracken, page 103:

     Wae's me, sir, but ye are drouket! Past a' kennin', ye micht hae been soomin' e'y loch, forby climbin' the craig. Stap in by, aside the twa gentlemen, an ' warm yersel'. An' I'se bring ye a drap toddy to het yer insides […]

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   • 1893, Walter Scott, The Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott: The Antiquary, page 107:

     […] sair droukit was she, puir thing, sae I e'en put a glass o' sherry in her  […]

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2. to duck

Related terms

• droukit