Etymology

grainy

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Today it means: Resembling grains; granular. Full definition →

Middle English greyny
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromgreyny
  2. English todaygrainy

From Middle English greyny, equivalent to grain + -y. Piecewise doublet of corny.

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