Etymology

drury

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Today it means: Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex. Full definition →

Old French druerie
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  1. Old French · derived fromdruerie
  2. English todaydrury

From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.