GRUBBIEST

GRUBBY

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”

grubby

(adjective) infested with grubs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

grubbiest

superlative form of grubby: most grubby

Source: Wiktionary


GRUBBY

Grub"by, a. Etym: [From Grub.]

Definition: Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.] The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Grub"by, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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