drudgyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From drudge +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒi/

形容詞

drudgy (comparative drudgier または more drudgy, superlative drudgiest または most drudgy)

1. Suggestive of drudgery; being excessively hard or requiring excessive effort.
   • 1922, American Library Association, Bulletin of the American Library Association: Volume 16:

     We can find it nowhere so clearly as in these old journals, this collection of local historical material that makes such drudgy work to collect and catalog.

同意語

• toilsome

名詞

drudgy (uncountable)

1. Drudgery; labour.
   • 1824, William Huggins, Sketches in India:

     Horses are kept only for riding, whilst bullocks are yoked in the plough and cart, perform every kind of domestic drudgey, and endure the heat better than any other animal they have got [...]