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droes

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /drus/
  • Hyphenation: droes
  • Rhymes: -us

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Low German drōs, of uncertain origin, but possibly related to sense 2 (“strangles”).

Proper noun edit

droes m

  1. (obsolete) devil, Satan
Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

droes m (plural droezen, diminutive droesje n)

  1. (obsolete) devil, demon
  2. (obsolete) madman, lunatic
  3. (obsolete) hothead, vandal
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps related to German Drüse (“gland, growth, swelling”).

Noun edit

droes m (uncountable)

  2. (medicine, livestock) strangles (equine respiratory disease)
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