driest

English

Adjective

driest

superlative form of dry: most dry

Anagrams

Stride, direst, disert, dister, drites, redist, ridest, stride

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German drīste, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /drist/
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Hyphenation: driest
Rhymes: -ist

Adjective

driest (comparative driester, superlative meest driest or driestst)

bold, reckless

Inflection

Inflection of driest
uninflected	driest
inflected	drieste
comparative	driester
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		driest	driester	het driestst het driestste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	drieste	driestere	driestste
	n. sing.	driest	driester	driestste
	plural	drieste	driestere	driestste
definite		drieste	driestere	driestste
partitive		driests	driesters	—

Derived terms

driestheid

Plautdietsch

Adjective

driest

bold, confident
brassy, forward

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