BEGRIMED

begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy

(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; “a miner’s begrimed face”; “dingy linen”; “grimy hands”; “grubby little fingers”; “a grungy kitchen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

begrimed

simple past tense and past participle of begrime

Adjective

begrimed (not comparable)

Dirty, soiled, grimy.

Source: Wiktionary


BEGRIME

Be*grime", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begrimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Begriming.]

Definition: To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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