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drossyadjective
worthless
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Drossyadjective
Etymology: from dross.
So doth the fire the drossy gold refine. Davies.
For, by the fire, they emit not only many drossy and scorious parts, but whatsoever they had received either from earth or loadstone. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b.i.c.4.
Your intention hold,
As fire these drossy rhymes to purify,
Or as elixir to change them into gold. John Donne.
Webster Dictionary
Drossy
of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drossy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drossy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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