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dross
English
Alternative forms
- drosse (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English drosse, dros, from Old English dr?s, an apocopated variant of Old English dr?sna, dr?sne (“a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax”), from *dr?cg +? -sn, from Proto-Germanic *dr?hsn?, from *dragj? +? *-sn?, ("yeast, sediment"; compare *dragj? (“yeast”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?r??ks (“sediment, yeast”). Cognate with Scots dros, drose, drosse (“small particles, fragments, dross”), Middle Dutch droes (“dregs”), Dutch droesem (“dregs”), German Drusen (“lees, dregs”), Latin frac?s (“grounds or dregs of oil”). Related also to drast, dregs.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??s/
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /d??s/
- Rhymes: -?s, -??s
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
dross (usually uncountable, plural drosses)
- Waste or impure matter.
- Residue that forms on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
- The impurities in metal.
- A waste product from working with metal.
- 2008, Narendra B. Dahotre, Sandip Harimkar, Laser Fabrication and Machining of Materials, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 176
- 2008, André Ditze, Christiane Scharf, Recycling of Magnesium, Ditze & Scharf (?ISBN), page 25
- 2008, Narendra B. Dahotre, Sandip Harimkar, Laser Fabrication and Machining of Materials, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 176
- (figuratively) Worthless or trivial matter.
- Synonyms: junk, rubbish
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dross.
Derived terms
- drosser
- drossless
- drossy
Translations
Verb
dross (third-person singular simple present drosses, present participle drossing, simple past and past participle drossed)
- (transitive) To remove dross from.
Anagrams
- sords
Latvian
Adjective
dross (definite drosais, comparative dros?ks, superlative visdros?kais, adverb drosi)
- (dialectal) brave, safe, sure; alternative form of drošs
Declension
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abreaction
English
Etymology
Partial calque of German Abreagierung, from ab (“away from”) + Reagierung (“reaction”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æb.?i?æk.?n?/
Noun
abreaction (plural abreactions)
- (psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
Translations
References
Anagrams
- acerbation, aerobactin
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