Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗intj
Expression of gladness and content about something. · A sarcastic inversion thereof.
adv
Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. · The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. · An instance of the word great signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships. · A great-grandparent.
From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*gʰer-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiongreetenm
- Inherited-form mentiongrēatang · big, massive; tall; thick; coarse
- Inherited-form mention*grautgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*grautazgem-pro · coarse, crude; big, large
- Derivation mention*gʰrewd-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiongraatsco
- Cognate mentiongraatyol · great
- Cognate mentiongratfrr
- Cognate mentiongrootstq · big, large
- Cognate mentiongrutfy · big, great, large
- Cognate mentiongroßgsw
- Cognate mentionjrußgmw-cfr · big, great, large
- Cognate mentiongròascim
- Cognate mentiongrossde
- Cognate mentiongrutli
- Cognate mentiongrousslb · big, great, large
- Cognate mentiongroasmhn · big, great, large
- Cognate mentiongruswym
- Cognate mentionגרויסyi · big, large
- Cognate mentiongrandisla · big, great, large
- Cognate mentionχρίωel · to anoint
- Cognate mentiongrindsq · to brawl, fight
- Cognate mentiongraudslv · grain
- Cognate mentiongrūdaslt · grain
- Cognate mentionhroudacs
- Cognate mentionгруткаmk · clod, clump, lump
- Cognate mentiongrudapl · clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches
- Cognate mentionгру́даru · clod, heap, mass, pile
- Cognate mentionгру̏даsh
- Cognate mentionկորկոտhy · groats of wheat or barley
- Cognate mentionघर्षतिsa · to brush, polish, rub
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"expansion": "Scots graat"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "graat",
"t": "great"
},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "grat"
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"expansion": "North Frisian grat"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "groot",
"t": "big, large"
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"expansion": "Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”)"
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"expansion": "Alemannic German groß"
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"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"2": "jruß",
"t": "big, great, large"
},
"expansion": "Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”)"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
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"2": "gròas"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "nl,nds-de",
"2": "groot",
"t": "big, great, large"
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"expansion": "Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”)"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gross"
},
"expansion": "German gross"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "grut"
},
"expansion": "Limburgish grut"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "lb",
"2": "grouss",
"t": "big, great, large"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "mhn",
"2": "groas",
"t": "big, great, large"
},
"expansion": "Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "wym",
"2": "grus"
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"expansion": "Vilamovian grus"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "גרויס",
"t": "big, large"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grandis",
"t": "big, great, large"
},
"expansion": "Latin grandis (“big, great, large”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "χρίω",
"t": "to anoint"
},
"expansion": "Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”)"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "grind",
"t": "to brawl, fight"
},
"expansion": "Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "grauds",
"t": "grain"
},
"expansion": "Latvian grauds (“grain”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "grūdas",
"t": "grain"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "cs",
"2": "hrouda"
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"expansion": "Czech hrouda"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "mk",
"2": "грутка",
"t": "clod, clump, lump"
},
"expansion": "Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"2": "gruda",
"t": "clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches"
},
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},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "гру́да",
"t": "clod, heap, mass, pile"
},
"expansion": "Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "гру̏да"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian гру̏да"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "կորկոտ",
"t": "groats of wheat or barley"
},
"expansion": "Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "घर्षति",
"t": "to brush, polish, rub"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gross"
},
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"2": ":inh",
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],
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