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Look up: Drab

  1. drab
    [adj] - lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise 2. [adj] - lacking brightness or color
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Drab
    archaic or obsolete terms > General: A derogatory term, harlot, strumpet, whore.
    Found on http://www.skyscript.co.uk/glossarytt.ht

  3. Drab
    Drab noun [ Anglo-Saxon drabbe dregs, lees; akin to Dutch drab , drabbe , dregs, German treber ; for sense 1, confer also Gael. drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. Confer Draff .] 1. A low, sl...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  4. Drab
    Drab intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Drabbed ; present participle & verbal noun Drabbing .] To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  5. Drab
    Drab noun [ French drap cloth: Late Latin drappus , trapus , perhaps orig., a firm, solid stuff, confer French draper to drape, also to full cloth; probably of German origin; confer Icelandic drepa to beat, strike, Ang...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  6. Drab
    Drab adjective Of a color between gray and brown. -- noun A drab color.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  7. drab
    1. A low, sluttish woman. ... 2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. ... 3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. ... Origin: AS. Drabbe dregs, lees; akin to D. Drab, drabbe, dregs, G. Treber; for sense 1, cf. Also Gael. Drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. drab
    dreary adjective lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; `her drab personality`; `life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas`; `a series of dreary dinner parties`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. drab
    sober adjective lacking brightness or color; dull; `drab faded curtains`; `sober Puritan grey`; `children in somber brown clothes`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Drab
    • (n.) A drab color. • (n.) A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color. • (n.) A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth. • (n.) A lewd wench; a strumpet. • (a.) Of a color between gray and brown. • (n.)...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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