grossy

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adjective

Somewhat gross, boorish, brutish.

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Meanings

adjectivegrossy (comparative more grossy, superlative most grossy)

comparative more grossy · superlative most grossy · alternative grossie

  1. obsoleteSomewhat gross, boorish, brutish.
  2. obsoleteVigorous; (of the colour green) vivid; (of men) stout.

    Thy gown was of the grossie green, thy sleeues of Satten hanging by: Which made thee be our haruest Queen, and yet thou wouldst not loue me.

    1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 9), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights

Origin

From gross + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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