Definition
Resembling, containing, or full of draff; like dregs or waste material; worthless or of poor quality.
Etymology
From 'draff' (Old Norse root meaning waste) plus the adjective suffix '-y,' meaning 'having the quality of' or 'full of.'
Kelly Says
Medieval and Renaissance writers used 'draffy' as an insult—Shakespeare himself used similar words to describe something worthless or degraded, showing how brewing terminology became part of everyday colorful language.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
በጣም አለም
ba-tam a-lem
CSČeština
poškozený
po-sho-zen-ee
DEDeutsch
undicht
un-dichht
ELΕλληνικά
αραιός
ara-yos
ESEspañol
desaliñado
des-a-li-nya-doh
FAفارسی
مستهلک
mos-teh-lek
FISuomi
kulunut
ku-lu-nut
FRFrançais
défectueux
de-fek-tyoo
HEעברית
מיושן
mee-yo-shen
IDBahasa Indonesia
usang
oo-sang
ITItaliano
sbiadito
s-bee-a-dee-toh
JA日本語
風通し悪い
kaze-toshi-warui
MSBahasa Melayu
rusak
roo-sak
NLNederlands
verouderd
ver-oo-derd
PLPolski
zniszczony
z-nish-chon-ee
PTPortuguês
desgastado
des-gas-tah-doh
RORomână
deteriorat
de-te-ri-or-at
RUРусский
некачественный
ne-ka-che-st-ven-nyy
SWKiswahili
chafu
cha-foo
TAதமிழ்
குறைந்த
ku-rai-nth
THไทย
ทรุดโทรม
srot-toh-rom
UKУкраїнська
пошкоджений
po-sho-dzhen-nyy
ZUZU
ebuhlanti
e-boo-hlan-tee