Etymology

gripple

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Today it means: Griping; tenacious; gripping. Full definition →

Middle English gripel ← Old English gripol
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gripple · adjective1

  1. Old English · inherited fromgripol
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgripel
  3. English todaygripple

From Middle English gripel, from Old English gripol, gripul (“able to grasp much; capacious”); equivalent to grip + -le.

gripple · noun2

  1. Old English · derived fromgrep
  2. Old English · inherited from*gripel
  3. Middle English · inherited fromgryppel
  4. English todaygripple

From Middle English gryppel, from Old English *gripel, *grēpel, diminutive of Old English grep, grēpe (“furrow, ditch, drain”), equivalent to grip + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with German Low German Grüppel (“ditch”).

gripple · noun3

From grip + -le.

gripple · verb4

From grip + -le (frequentative suffix).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgrep all →

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