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grippy, a.|ˈgrɪpɪ|
[f. grip v.1 + -y1. Cf. MDu. gripich, MLG. gripech.]
1. Having a tendency to be avaricious or parsimonious. Sc. and north.
1808Jamieson, Grippy, pron. gruppy, avaritious, as implying the idea of a disposition to take the advantage, S. 1822Galt Provost xliii. 315 It may be, that standing now clear and free of the world, I had less incitement to be so grippy. 1825Brockett N.C. Words, Grippy, mean, avaricious, hardly honest. 1860Ramsay Remin. Ser. i. (ed. 7) 88 A character noted for avarice or sharp looking to self interest, was termed ‘grippy’. 1876Whitby Gloss., Grippy, inclined to cheat. 1882Edin. Rev. Apr. 1525 A typical Scottish laird of the shrewdest and ‘grippiest’ order.
2. Tenacious.
1870Contemp. Rev. XIV. 380 The tenacious, grippy clinging to traditionary usages.
3. Capable of holding the attention and interest of a spectator, reader, etc.
1921Pall Mall & Globe 15 Nov. 2/3 With a little cutting-down, ‘Wat Tyler’ would make an entirely good and grippy little play.
Hence ˈgrippiness.
1882Athenæum 21 Jan. 88/1 A satire on the ‘grippiness’ that may have characterized the earlier lairds. |