drouk

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== Breton == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *drug, from Proto-Celtic *drukos (compare Cornish drog and Welsh drwg). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdruːk/ === Adjective === drouk bad, evil === References === "drouk" in TermOfis, Office Public de la Langue Bretonne == Scots == === Alternative forms === drook === Etymology === Uncertain. Attested since at least 1513. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) and English Dialect Dictionary mention Old Norse drukna (“drown”), but the DSL says this would've produced a short vowel in Scots, not the long vowel that is attested. Compare draik, drawk, drauk (“saturate, drench”), droke, drock (“to drench”). === Verb === drouk (transitive) to drench, to soak, to thoroughly wet to duck ==== Related terms ==== droukit