Dross vs Drossy - What's the difference?
dross | drossy |
Waste or impure matter
Worthless or trivial matter
Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation
The impurities in metal
A waste product from working with metal
To remove dross from.
worthless
* 1602 : , act V scene 2
Drossy is a derived term of dross.
As a noun dross
is waste or impure matter.As a verb dross
is to remove dross from.As an adjective drossy is
worthless.dross
English
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* (l) (obsolete)Noun
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* (l) * (l) * (l)Verb
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* ----drossy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I
- know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the
- time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of
- yeasty collection, which carries them through and
- through the most profane and winnowed opinions