grimness

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grimness

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From Middle English grimnesse, from Old English grimnes (“severity, fierceness, cruelty”), equivalent to grim + -ness.

noun grimnesses

uncountable, usually The characteristic or quality of being grim. This one was almost featureless, as if still in the making, with an aspect of monotonous grimness.

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@misc{grimness_2026,
  title = {grimness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grimness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}