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Definition of Droughty
1. a. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.
Definition of Droughty
1. Adjective. Lacking rain. ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) dry; thirsty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Droughty
1. dry [adj DROUGHTIER, DROUGHTIEST] - See also: dry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Droughty
Literary usage of Droughty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1883)
"... Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made under "The General Police and
Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862," relating to the burgh of droughty Ferry, ..."
2. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... My gladsome tune ; I sweeten and refresh tho languid air In droughty June."
Not to myself alone,— О Man, forget not thou—earth's honored priest ! ..."
3. Climate, Weather, and Disease: Being a Sketch of the Opinions of the Most by Alfred Haviland (1855)
"We shall find in the sequel that Hippocrates considered that droughty years were
most conducive to acute fevers. The constitution of this year could hardly ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1849)
"Fair and droughty : getting cloudy. 12. Fair and droughty : cleared away. 13.
... Fair and droughty, but getting cloudy. 15. Fair and droughty : cloudy ..."
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