- Grisliness
- Grisliness Gris"li*ness, n. The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
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Grisliness
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grisliness — grisly ► ADJECTIVE (grislier, grisliest) ▪ causing horror or revulsion. DERIVATIVES grisliness noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
grisliness — noun see grisly … New Collegiate Dictionary
grisliness — See grisly. * * * … Universalium
grisliness — noun The characteristic or quality of being grisly … Wiktionary
grisliness — gris·li·ness … English syllables
grisliness — ˈgrizlēnə̇s, lin noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English grislines, from grisly + nes ness : the quality or state of being grisly … Useful english dictionary
grisly — adjective (grislier; est) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grislic, from gris (akin to Old English āgrīsan to fear); akin to Old High German grīsenlīh terrible Date: 12th century 1. inspiring horror or intense fear < houses that were… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Lamkin — (Roud [http://library.efdss.org/cgi bin/query.cgi?cross=off index roud=on query=6 field=20 6] , Child 93) is an old ballad and probably one of the darkest. It gives an account of the murder of a woman and her infant son by a disgruntled mason.… … Wikipedia
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grisly — grisly1 grisliness, n. /griz lee/, adj., grislier, grisliest. 1. causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome: a grisly murder. 2. formidable; grim: a grisly countenance. [bef. 1150; ME; OE grislic horrible; c. OHG grisenlih]… … Universalium
