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Grime
Definitions
- 1 A surname from Old Norse.
- 1 Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove. uncountable
"Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone."
- 2 anything regarded as making something unclean wordnet
- 3 A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop. uncountable
- 1 To begrime; to cake with dirt.
"All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily."
- 2 make soiled, filthy, or dirty wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”).
From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”).
From the Old Norse personal name Grímr.
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