adrip

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈdrɪp/ UK /əˈdrɪp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
dripping; in a state of dripping with liquid

He came in from the storm adrip from head to foot.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · dripping; in a state of... dripping streaming trickling dribbling

Opposites

dry parched

Word family

Related forms drip dripping

Etymology

From the prefix a- (a reduced form of Old English an/on, 'in a state of') + drip, from Middle English drippen, from Old English dryppan, of Germanic origin.

dryppan Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# adrip

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈdrɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈdrɪp/

## Meanings
1. dripping; in a state of dripping with liquid

## Examples
- He came in from the storm adrip from head to foot.

## Synonyms
- dripping
- streaming
- trickling
- dribbling

## Antonyms
- dry
- parched

## Related Forms
- drip
- dripping

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dryppan

## Etymology
From the prefix a- (a reduced form of Old English an/on, 'in a state of') + drip, from Middle English drippen, from Old English dryppan, of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
adrip comes from the prefix a- (a reduced form of Old English an/on, 'in a state of') + drip, from Middle English drippen, from Old English dryppan, of Germanic origin. Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the adjective sense is "dripping; in a state of dripping with liquid", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as drip, dripping, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English dryppan, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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