dready
Characterised by dread.
Adjective slang
- Resembling or characteristic of dreads.
- According to H. the dreadiest hippies have turned into dressed up ragers and the "kindest" hippie men are mad on sex, passion and illusions. - 1996, Amber Gayle, My Evil Twin Sister Number 2: Hometown Interstate-5, page...
Origin
From dread (“dreadlocks”) + -y.
Forms
Adjective Entry 2
- Characterised by dread.
- A moaning river swelling as it flowed, Whose tide our course to dreadier regions showed. - 1882, Henry Iliowizi, Sol: An Epic Poem, page 192:
- Older people, however, and especially those who have what may be called a “dready” disposition, do not call their muscle discomfort soreness and tenderness; they speak of pains and aches. - 1920, James Joseph Walsh,...
- […] to this place, where instead of plenty they found want in its last degree, instead of promised fields, a dready wilderness; […] - 1999, Bernard Romans, A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, page 179:
Origin
From Middle English dredy, equivalent to dread + -y.