gritten

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English *grytten, grutten (made of bran, coarse), equivalent to grit +‎ -en (made of).

Adjective

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gritten (comparative more gritten, superlative most gritten)

  1. (rare) Made of or consisting of grits.
    • 1919, Illustrated World, volume 32, page 732:
      The Walkers make their bread from cornmeal, which they grate on a piece of tin punched full of holes and fastened to a board. This is known as "gritten" bread.
    • 1943, Bess Virginia Hicks Ehrmann, Back Trails of Indiana, page 160:
      He would go out into one of his cornfields and select a few ears of corn, the kernels of which could be barely dented with the thumb nail. These ears were converted into "gritten cornbread."

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