kurkdroog

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of kurk +‎ droog, literally “dry as cork”. First attested in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʏrkˈdroːx/
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  • Hyphenation: kurk‧droog

Adjective

kurkdroog (not comparable)

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

Inflection
Inflection of kurkdroog
uninflected kurkdroog
inflected kurkdroge
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial kurkdroog
indefinite m./f. sing. kurkdroge
n. sing. kurkdroog
plural kurkdroge
definite kurkdroge
partitive kurkdroogs
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