gripple
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gripple¹
- /ˈɡɹɪpəl/
Rhymes with -ɪpəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English gripel, from Old English gripol, gripul (“able to grasp much; capacious”); equivalent to grip + -le.
adjective more gripple · most gripple · grippal · griple · grippill
- Griping; tenacious; gripping.
- Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous. Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse
- Sprained.
gripple²
- /ˈɡɹɪpəl/
Rhymes with -ɪpəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English gryppel, from Old English *gripel, *grēpel, diminutive of Old English grep, grēpe (“furrow, ditch, drain”), equivalent to grip + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with German Low German Grüppel (“ditch”).
noun gripples
- A ditch; a drain.
gripple³
- /ˈɡɹɪpəl/
Rhymes with -ɪpəl
Where it comes from
From grip + -le.
noun gripples
- A hook.
- A grasp; a grip. Ne ever Artegall his griple strong / For any thing wold slacke, but still upon him hong.
gripple⁴
- /ˈɡɹɪpəl/
Rhymes with -ɪpəl
Where it comes from
From grip + -le (frequentative suffix).
verb gripples · grippling · grippled
- To grasp or grab. 'If owt comes to Mulvaaney 'long o' you, I'll gripple you, clouts or no clouts on your ugly head, an' I'll draw t' throat twistyways, man. See there now.'
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title = {gripple},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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