Drudgy

Alternative forms

• drudgey

Origin

From drudge + -y.

Full definition of drudgy

Adjective

1. Suggestive of drudgery; being excessively hard or requiring excessive effort.
• 1922, American Library Association, Bulletin of the American Library Association: Volume 16:We can find it nowhere so clearly as in these old journals, this collection of local historical material that makes such drudgy work to collect and catalog.

Synonyms

• toilsome

Noun

1. Drudgery; labour.
• 1824, William Huggins, Sketches in India:Horses are kept only for riding, whilst bullocks are yoked in the plough and cart, perform every kind of domestic drudgey, and endure the heat better than any other animal they have got ...