dreich

DREEKH (kh as in loch)[driːx]

Pronunciation: Speaker: Eoinho · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

wet, grey and cheerless weather — dreary

Closest in English: dreary, bleak, drizzly. None of them covers it.

The story

Dreich weather is wet and grey without ever doing anything dramatic about it. Scots has used the word for centuries, and a 2019 poll named it the most iconic Scots word of all. English says dreary, which sounds far too mild for a Glasgow November.

How it went in the game

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Which language is it from?Scots
When does it fit?A wet, dim Tuesday in November
Where would you hear it?A bus stop in Glasgow, drizzling
What does it mean?Cold, wet and dull all day

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