drabber

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
    — In one-step hair coloring products such as Miss Clairol, where you can combine different shades, you can add drabbers, which are ashy substances that minimize the red hues that exist in your hair. I well know him For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given, Before he spent his own estate , which was Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of, A hundred pound a leap
  2. One who associates with drabs; a wencher. obsolete
    — 1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of drab: more drab comparative,form-of

词形变化

drabbers plural drabbers plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English drab
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English drabber
From drab + -er (relational noun suffix).
词源 2
From drab + -er (agent noun suffix).
词源 3
Etymology tree
English drab
English -er
English drabber
From drab + -er (comparative suffix).
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