Containing dross; impure, waste-like, or of poor quality; resembling or full of unwanted material.
From dross (noun) + -y (adjective suffix). The word has been used since Middle English to describe anything that contained impurities or was inferior.
Shakespeare used 'drossy' to insult people—calling something drossy meant it was worthless trash, showing how the metalworking term became a brutal put-down in everyday language.
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