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dreich

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Adj — Lasting for a very long time in a tiring way, or, of speech or writing, going on for much longer than it needs to.

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1. adj

Lasting for a very long time in a tiring way, or, of speech or writing, going on for much longer than it needs to.

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2. adj

Boring and not at all interesting.

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Etymology

The adjective is borrowed from Scots dreich (“hard to bear, dreary, tedious, wearisome; interminable, long-winded; dull, uninteresting; slow, tardy; doleful, gloomy; baffling, difficult; difficult to reach, inaccessible”), from Middle English dregh, dri, drie (“burdensome; depressing, dismal; large, tall; lasting, long...

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