drab
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
drab1
▶adjective (drabber, drabbest) drearily dull. ▶noun a dull light brown colour.
– derivatives
drably adverb,
drabness noun.
drably adverb,
drabness noun.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
drab2
▶noun archaic
- 1 a slovenly woman.
- 2 a prostitute.
– origin C16: perh. rel. to Low Ger. drabbe ‘mire’ and Du. drab ‘dregs’.
'drab' also found in these Oxford entries:
Arctic
- bulbul
- chiffchaff
- clothes moth
- dingy
- dribs and drabs
- dun
- garden warbler
- greenlet
- honeyguide
- kitchen-sink
- minor
- mousebird
- nightingale
- olive drab
- ovenbird
- prominent
- rail
- treecreeper
- underwing
- wainscot
- willow warbler
