drùis

See also: drúis

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish drúis, from Old Irish drús (“hot-blooded or amorous disposition”), from drúth (“wanton, unchaste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɾuːʃ/

Noun

drùis f (genitive singular drùise, no plural)

1. lechery, licentiousness, lust
2. ooze, perspiration

Derived terms

• drùiseach (“licentious, lustful”)
• drùisealachd (“lecherousness, whoring, lewdness”)
• drùiseantachd (“pornography”)
• drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”)
• drùisearachd (“lecherousness, whoremongering”)
• drùiseil (“horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton”)
• drùisire (“lecher”)

 

Related terms

• baoiseach (“lewd, lustful”)
• baoiseachd (“lewdness, lust”)
• draosda (“lewd, smutty, obscene, prurient”)
• draosdachd (“lewdness, smut, obscenity”)