Meanings
noundropple (plural dropples)
plural dropples
- rareA drop (of rain, dew, etc).
[…] swings his arms around, dropples of water spatting everywhere.
2002, Graeme Feltham, 100 Naked Beers1 more example
... dropple of dew / The white on her neck & the dun on her breast / The wood piegon loiters right full in thy view / On the maple that hangs oer the path with a nest / A few sticks accross & the eggs shining through / Just under the maple […]
1996 [????], John Clare, John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822-1837: Volume V, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134
Origin
drop + -le; compare droplet, Limburgish dróppel.
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dropple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropple
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“dropple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropple. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dropple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropple.
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