ungritted

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adjective

Not gritted.

“In winter, take care on ungritted roads.”

OriginEnglish gritted ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveungritted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot gritted.

    In winter, take care on ungritted roads.

    2 more examples

    I seethed through gritted teeth at the daily noon meetings in Nash's office, and when they came ungritted, Nash fanned the flames...

    1980, Peter Trueman, Smoke and Mirrors

    On ungritted roads motorists were swerving to avoid each other.

    2004, Jonathan James Long, Anne Whitehead, W G Sebald: A Critical Companion

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishgritted
  9. Englishungritted

From un- + gritted.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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