Etymology

drabble

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Today it means: To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud. Full definition →

Middle English drabelan
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drabble · verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromdrabelan
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdrabelan
  3. English todaydrabble

Inherited from Middle English drabelan.

drabble · noun2

From a game in Monty Python's Big Red Book in which the first player to write a novel wins; possibly derived in turn from the surname of the author Margaret Drabble.

Drabble · proper noun3

Perhaps a diminutive of the Old English personal name Drabba, or related to drab, hence a nickname for an untidy person.

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