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gritsome

gritsome adjective: characterised or marked by grit (all senses); gritty.

Adjective

gritsome (comparative more gritsome, superlative most gritsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by grit (all senses); gritty
    • And noumena, transcending Earth, / The gritsome round of rocks [...]1961, John Merton Patrick, Buried astronomy
    • He muflles hometward veiny eyed / With gritsome mudcrumped bag of sleep.1973, New York Magazine, volume 6, number 38

Forms of gritsome

comparativemore gritsome
superlativemost gritsome

Origin of gritsome

From grit + -some.

Questions about gritsome

What does gritsome mean?
Gritsome means characterised or marked by grit (all senses); gritty.
What part of speech is gritsome?
Gritsome is an adjective.

Words near gritsome in the dictionary

  1. gritos
  2. gritrock
  3. grits
  4. grits one's teeth
  5. Gritsch
  6. gritsome
  7. gritstone
  8. gritstones
  9. gritted
  10. gritted one's teeth
  11. gritten

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