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eavesdrip

noun

Etymology

From eaves + drip.

  1. derived from *drupô✻ — “drop”
  2. inherited from *drupjaną✻ — “to fall in drops, drip”
  3. inherited from drypan
  4. inherited from drippen
  5. compounded as eavesdrip — “eaves + drip”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of eavesdrop (“dripping of rain from the eaves of a house”).

  2. Synonym of eavesdrop (“the space around a house on which such water drips”).

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