begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; âa minerâs begrimed faceâ; âdingy linenâ; âgrimy handsâ; âgrubby little fingersâ; âa grungy kitchenâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grimy (comparative grimier, superlative grimiest)
Stained or covered with grime.
(music) From the urban musical genre called grime.
Source: Wiktionary
Grim"y, a. [Compar. Grimier; superl. Grimiest.]
Definition: Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
