drasty

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English dræstig, equivalent to drast +‎ -y. Noun component from Old English dærstan, dresten (“dregs”).

Adjective

drasty

1. filthy; worthless
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Ryme of Syr Thopas”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio lxxix, recto, column 1, line 12:

     Thy drasty rymynge is not worth a torde

     Thy drossy rhyming is not worth a turd

References

• “drasty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.