drite
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English driten, from Old English drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drīt, IPA(key): /dɹaɪt/
- Rhymes: -aɪt
Verb edit
drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)
- (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.
Synonyms edit
- (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate
References edit
- “drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.
Verb edit
drite (imperative drit, present tense driter, passive drites, simple past dret or dreit, past participle dritet or dritt)
- to defecate
References edit
- “drite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the verb drita from Old Norse dríta.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drite f (definite singular drita, indefinite plural driter, definite plural dritene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
drite (present tense drit, past tense dreit, supine drite, past participle driten, present participle dritande, imperative drit)
- Alternative form of drita (“defecate”)
Slovene edit
Verb edit
drite
Venetian edit
Adjective edit
drite f