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drought

drought [ drowt ] (plural droughts)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. period of dry weather: a long period of extremely dry weather when there is not enough rain for the successful growing of crops or the replenishment of water supplies

2. lack of something: a lengthy and serious lack of something
She experienced a period of creative drought.

[ Old English drūgaþ "dryness" < Germanic, "dry"]

drought·y adjective
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