grime
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English grim "dirt or soot covering the face" from a specialized note of Old English grīma "mask". Possibly influenced by Danish grim "soot, grime", Old Dutch grijmsel, Middle Dutch grime, Middle Low German greme "dirt"
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
grime (uncountable)
- Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
- (music) Grime music.
[edit] Translations
A type of music
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[edit] Related terms
- grimy a
[edit] Verb
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to grime (third-person singular simple present grimes, present participle griming, simple past and past participle grimed)
- To begrime; to cake with dirt
- 1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine[1]:
- All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.
- 1920, Harold Bindloss, Lister's Great Adventure[2]:
- Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.
- 1918, Harold Bindloss, The Buccaneer Farmer[3]:
- His skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on.
- 1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine[1]:
