drumly

drumly
/drum"lee/; Scot. /drddoom"lee/, adj., drumlier, drumliest. Scot.
troubled; gloomy.
[1505-15; nasalized var. of ME drublie, droblie, OE droflic, equiv. to drof turbid, troubled (c. G trüb) + -lic -LY]

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