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grufted

grufted adjective: begrimed; made dirty.

Adjective

grufted (comparative more grufted, superlative most grufted)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Begrimed; made dirty.
    • An' 'is noäse so grufted wi' snuff es it couldn't be scroobed awaäy / Fur atween 'is reädin' an' writin' 'e snifft up a box in a daäy.1881, Robert William Dale, James Guinness Rogers, The Congregationalist, volume 10, page 58
    • The grufted, gimcracky chateau was constructed with variegated stone block walls, oak floors, and a slate roof.2020, Monuments in the Dusk, Wilyem Clark, page 112

Forms of grufted

comparativemore grufted
superlativemost grufted

Origin of grufted

gruft + -ed

Questions about grufted

What does grufted mean?
Grufted means begrimed; made dirty.
What part of speech is grufted?
Grufted is an adjective.

Words near grufted in the dictionary

  1. gruffness
  2. gruffnesses
  3. gruffs
  4. gruffy
  5. gruft
  6. grufted
  7. gruftier
  8. gruftiest
  9. grufty
  10. Gruger
  11. grugru

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