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droukit
/ ˈdrʊkɪt /
adjective
- drenched; soaked
Word History and Origins
Origin of droukit1
Example Sentences
Bairn! but ye're just droukit!
But, my stars, ye are as droukit as if ye had been through a’ the pools o’ the burn!
The last Halloween I was waukin My droukit sark-sleeve, as ye ken; His likeness cam up the house staukin, And the very grey breeks o’ Tam Glen!
Greatly refreshed by this opportune bit and sup, the tired and "droukit" rider cheerfully resumed his way; and it was with a stout heart that, after a certain time, he found Roderick cautiously leading the pony down to the water's edge.
"But ye wadna wait to hear out my tale, Monkbarns—she gaed out, and she came in again with the gardener sae sune as she saw that nane o' ye were clodded ower the Craig, and that Miss Wardour was safe in the chariot; she was hame a quarter of an hour syne, for it's now ganging ten—sair droukit was she, puir thing, sae I e'en put a glass o' sherry in her water-gruel."
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