Meaning

noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

adjective (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

noun the state of being covered with unclean things

originFrom Middle English drit (“excrement”), from Old Norse drit (“excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *dritą, *dritō (“excrement”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd-, *treydʰ- (“to have diarrhea”). Cognate with dialectal Danish and Norn drit (“excrement”), Norwegian dritt (“excrement”), dialectal Swedish dret (“shit”), Faroese and Icelandic drit (“bird excrement”), Dutch drijten (“to defecate”), drits…

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