Etymology

grimness

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Today it means: The characteristic or quality of being grim. Full definition →

Middle English grimnesse ← Old English grimnes
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromgrimnes“severity, fierceness, cruelty”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgrimnesse
  3. English todaygrimness

From Middle English grimnesse, from Old English grimnes (“severity, fierceness, cruelty”), equivalent to grim + -ness.

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