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grimy, a.|ˈgraɪmɪ|
[f. grime n. + -y1; cf. Flem. grijmig.]
a. Covered with grime; begrimed, black, dirty. Also, dark-complexioned, swarthy.
App. not in literary use during the 18th c. (cf. quot. 1848); Todd (1818) cites it from H. More.
1612W. Parkes Curtaine-Dr. (1876) 62 Vulcan vowing in his grymy breast, His wiues dishonour shall inrich his chest. 1630Tinker of Turvey 12 Grimy face, all smutted ore, His tann'd hide tough as wild boare. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. vi, Foure grisly black-smiths..with stern grimy look do still avise Upon their works. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxvii, In his grimy hands he held a knotted stick. 1848De Quincey Sortilege & Astrol. Wks. 1890 XIII. 262 He returned; looking more lugubrious than ever—more grim—more grimy (if grime yields any such adjective). 1883Longm. Mag. July 256 Most frequently the grimiest families are not the poorest.
Comb.1861Smiles Engineers (1862) III. 12 The keel is a tubby grimy looking craft.
b. fig. Unpleasant, mean. (Cf. quot. 1848 above.)
1833Dickens Let. ? 15 Apr. (1965) I. 19 The machinery is finished,..the Orchestra complete—and the manager grimy. 1834― Let. 3 Sept. (1965) I. 41 The grimy monotony of my every-day life. 1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really Blues 374 Grimy, sour, unpleasant.
Add: Hence ˈgrimily adv.
1889Cent. Dict. 2624/2 Grimily, in a grimy manner or condition; foully. 1981N.Y. Times 1 Feb. xii. 11/4 What a dump! And what attention has been lavished on getting it to look so grimily right. |