grime
noun
- genre of electronic music originating in the United Kingdom
verb
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Pronunciation: /ɡɹaɪm/
name
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Grímr.
- A surname from Old Norse.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”).
- Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
“Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.”
“[…] ſhe ſweats a man may go ouer ſhoes in the grime of it.”
- A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”).
- To begrime; to cake with dirt.
“All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.”
“Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.”