Synonyms for not dry behind ears
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : drahy |
Phonetic Transcription : draɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for not dry behind ears Other synonyms for the word not dry behind ears
Définition of not dry behind ears
Origin :- Old English dryge, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (cf. Middle Low German dröge, Middle Dutch druge, Dutch droog, Old High German trucchon, German trocken, Old Norse draugr), from PIE *dreug-.
- Meaning "barren" is mid-14c. Of humor or jests, early 15c. (implied in dryly); as "uninteresting, tedious" from 1620s. Of places prohibiting alcoholic drink, 1870 (but dry feast, one at which no liquor is served, is from late 15c.; colloquial dry (n.) "prohibitionist" is 1888, American English). Dry goods (1708) were those measured out in dry, not liquid, measure. Dry land (that not under the sea) is from early 13c. Dry run is from 1940s.
- As in callow : adj immature
Antonyms for not dry behind ears
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