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Etymology

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Compound of been +‎ droog. First attested in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beːnˈdroːx/
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  • Hyphenation: been‧droog

Adjective

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beendroog (not comparable)

  1. bone-dry (very dry)
    Synonyms: gortdroog, kurkdroog

Inflection

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Declension of beendroog
uninflected beendroog
inflected beendroge
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial beendroog
indefinite m./f. sing. beendroge
n. sing. beendroog
plural beendroge
definite beendroge
partitive beendroogs