GRITTY

game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky

(adjective) willing to face danger

farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy

(adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; “granular sugar”; “the photographs were grainy and indistinct”; “it left a mealy residue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gritty (comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)

Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

Spirited; resolute; unyielding.

(film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.

Source: Wiktionary


Grit"ty, a.

1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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