dry-as-dust

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drahy az duhst]
- /draɪ æz dʌst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drahy az duhst]
- /draɪ æz dʌst/

Definitions of dry-as-dust word

adjective dry-as-dust dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography. 1
adjective dry-as-dust completely lacking in interest and stimulation 0

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Origin of dry-as-dust

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

1870-75; after Dr. Dryasdust, a fictitious pedant satirized in the prefaces of Sir Walter Scott's novels

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Parts of speech for Dry-as-dust

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dry-as-dust popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.