drabbish

comparative more drabbish · superlative most drabbish

1. Somewhat drab in colour.

   the fronts of the thighs of Gibberne's white trousers were scorched a drabbish brown

   1901, H. G. Wells, The New Accelerator

2. archaicHaving the character of a drab or low wench.

   instead of the drabbish woman she had expected, Mrs. Hall saw a pale, dark-eyed, ladylike creature, whose personality ruled her attire rather than was ruled by it.

   1884, Thomas Hardy, Interlopers at the Knap