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Definition of Dronish
1. a. Like a drone; indolent; slow.
Definition of Dronish
1. Adjective. like a drone, slow, sluggish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dronish
1. habitually lazy [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dronish
Literary usage of Dronish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"A dronish, humdrum, heavy fellow ; one who feigns weakness to avoid work. 3.
Caress, demonstration of love or friendship. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"I. Indolent, idle, lazy, slothful, dull, inactive, drowsy, inert, dronish, lumpish,
supine, phlegmatic. 2. Slow. 3. Inert, inactive. Sluggishness, n. 1. ..."
3. Specifications for Practical Architecture: Preceded by an Essay on the by Alfred Bartholomew (1840)
"... these perform no office, and are merely showy excrescences, and intrinsically
are as ugly as useless ; they cost something, and add to the dronish ..."
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