drought/ˈdɹaʊ̯t/drought means A surname.drought is pronounced /ˈdɹaʊ̯t/.EtymologyFrom Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).nameA surname.nounA period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.“His village had faced a drought twice.”A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.“Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.”dryness, aridness, dry heat“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.”