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grittish

grittish adjective: somewhat gritty.

Adjective

grittish (comparative more grittish, superlative most grittish)

  1. Somewhat gritty.
    • The other variant is a rather large jar, smaller in size than a pithos, and has a characteristic collar rim and very grittish clay.1988, M[ichael] Heltzer, E[dward] Lipiński, editors, Society and Economy in the Eastern Mediterranean (c. 1500-1000 B.C.): Proceedings of the International Symposium Held at the University of Haifa...

Forms of grittish

comparativemore grittish
superlativemost grittish

Origin of grittish

From grit + -ish.

Questions about grittish

What does grittish mean?
Grittish means somewhat gritty.
What part of speech is grittish?
Grittish is an adjective.

Words near grittish in the dictionary

  1. grittiness
  2. grittinesses
  3. gritting
  4. gritting one's teeth
  5. grittings
  6. grittish
  7. Grittleton
  8. Gritton
  9. Grittons
  10. gritty
  11. Gritz

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