Etymology

ingrain

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Today it means: To dye with a fast or lasting colour. Full definition →

Middle English engreynen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromengreynen
  2. English todayingrain

Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.

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