Dreich

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Urban Dictionary: Dreich (Old Scots origin)‎
A combination of dull, overcast, drizzly, cold, misty and miserable weather. At least 4 of the above adjectives must apply before the weather is truly dreich.

oxford dictionaries - dreich: ADJECTIVE Scottish (Especially of weather) dreary; bleak:
a cold, dreich early April day
Origin
Middle English (in the sense 'patient, long-suffering'): of Germanic origin, corresponding to Old Norse drjúgr 'enduring, lasting'.

'scotland.gov.uk - Dreich' tops poll as nation's favourite Scots word
23 Jan 2013 - Ahead of Burns Night on 25th January, a new poll has revealed 'dreich' as Scotland's favourite word in the Scots language. Lassies across the country also proved their love for gossip with 17% of female Scots voting ‘blether’ as their number one word, while ‘glaikit’ came up trumps with 35 to 44 year old respondents at 26%.


dreich wiktionary - Adjective (comparative more dreich, superlative most dreich) (comparative mair dreich, superlative maist dreich)
(Scotland, Northern Ireland) Bleak, miserable, dismal, cheerless, dreary.  
Etymology
From Old English *drēoh. Pronunciation IPA: /driːx/
persistent, continuous, relentless, slow, tardy, dismal, dowie, dreary, bleak, tedious, wearisome, drawn-out, reluctant, tight-fisted, driving a hard bargain
Derived terms
dreichly
deid dreich
dreich in the draw

Scots Tongue
dram, small quantity of whisky
drap, drappie, drop. dreep, drip (also used of dropping off a wall).
dreich, miserable, cold and wet (weather). drookit, soaking wet.