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Dregs (1)

Etymology

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Seedreg.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dregs pl (normally plural,singulardreg)

  1. Thesedimentsettled at the bottom of aliquid; thelees in a container of unfiltered wine.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Psalms75:8:
      For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full of mixture, and he powreth out of the same: but thedregges thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drinke them.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book VII”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC:
      And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth / Throughout the fluid mass; but downward purged / The black tartareous cold infernaldregs
    • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IX, inThe Last Man. […], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, […],→OCLC:
      Yet even now I had not drunk the bitter potion to thedregs; I was not yet persuaded of my loss; I did not yet feel in every pulsation, in every nerve, in every thought, that I remained alone of my race - that I was The Last Man.
    • c.1897,Ernest Dowson,Dregs:
      The fire is out, and spent the warmth thereof, / This is the end of every song man sings! / The golden wine is drunk, thedregs remain, / Bitter as wormwood and as salt as pain
  2. (figuratively, the dregs) Theworst andlowest part of something.
    thedregs of society
    I sat through thedregsof a long hectic evening.

Usage notes

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  • The singular formdreg is far less common, but the phraseto the last dreg still has currency.

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Translations

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settled sediment
the worst and lowest
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