drudge

Pronunciation: /dɹʌd͡ʒ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one who works hard at boring tasks
  2. noun a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  3. verb work hard

Etymology

From Middle English druggen, perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *druggjan, from Proto-Germanic *drugjaną, a denominative built to a lost noun *drugjaz (preserved in Old English Dryċġhelm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-; compare Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).

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Synonyms

hack, hacker

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
unskilled person
Narrower (hyponyms)
plodder

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