grimy.
Stained or covered with grime.
Meaning & usage
Stained or covered with grime.
From the urban musical genre called grime.
Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.
When I was 18 I was grimy af. I wouldn't share my food with you even if you were starving and about to die.
Of a beat or song, darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English grime Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grimy From grime + -y.
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