Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove. · A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo begrime; to cake with dirt.
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”).
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- Root classification mention*gʰrey-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiongrimenm
- Inherited-form mentiongrīmaang · mask
- Inherited-form mention*grīmōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*grīmôgem-pro · mask
- Cognate mentiongrijmselnl · grit, grime
- Cognate mentiongrijmnl · soot, grime
- Cognate mentiongrymedum · mask
- Cognate mentiongremegml · dirt
- Cognate mentiongrimeda · a halter
- Cognate mentiongrimetda · soiled, stripy
- Cognate mentiongrimetenb · soiled, stripy
- Cognate mentiongrimetenn · soiled, stripy
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