grimthorpe

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verb

To renovate an old building or structure in a lavish and expensive, yet tasteless fashion which spoils its original beauty.

First used late 19th c.Scrabble 18
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Meanings

grimthorpe1

verbgrimthorpe (third-person singular simple present grimthorpes, present participle grimthorping, simple past and past participle grimthorped)

present singular third person grimthorpes · participle present grimthorping · participle past grimthorped · past grimthorped · alternative Grimthorpe

  1. datedtransitiveTo renovate an old building or structure in a lavish and expensive, yet tasteless fashion which spoils its original beauty.First known use late 19th c.

    "Look, just because this junky train has been grimthorped doesn't mean that I have to sit and listen to you two psychopaths read through the encyclopedia of death," Natalia scolded.

    2010, Derek Benz, Jon Samuel Lewis, Grey Griffins: The Brimstone Key (Grey Griffins; 4), Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN

Grimthorpe2

verbGrimthorpe (third-person singular simple present Grimthorpes, present participle Grimthorping, simple past and past participle Grimthorped)

present singular third person Grimthorpes · participle present Grimthorping · participle past Grimthorped · past Grimthorped

  1. Alternative letter-case form of grimthorpe.

Origin

In reference to the renovation of the St Albans Cathedral in the 19th century by Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, which was fiercely criticized at the time.

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APA

grimthorpe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grimthorpe

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“grimthorpe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grimthorpe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grimthorpe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grimthorpe.

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