dreggish

English

Etymology

From dreg +‎ -ish.

Adjective

dreggish (comparative more dreggish, superlative most dreggish)

1. Foul with lees; dirty.

   Synonyms: dreggy; footy (dialectal, dated)

   • 1699, Gideon Harvey, The vanities of philosophy and physick:

     his Urin was Pale, crude, dreggish, and turbid, made at pretty long intervals , and in very small quantities

References

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