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grime

/ɡˈɹaɪm/GRYM
/ɡˈɹaɪm/GRYM

Meaninga mask

Common meaning: ingrained dirt

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)grima‘a mask’source
  2. Middle Englishgrimsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa mask → ingrained dirtgrime‘ingrained dirt’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) grima ‘a mask’.

Roots

  • grima Old Norse (Icelandic) “a mask”

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