Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To drawl; to drone.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA droning tone.
From Scots drant, draunt (“droning or drawling tone”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan (“hum, buzzing, complaint, growl, snarl”), akin to Irish drantán (“hum, buzzing, growl”).
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