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grinny en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From grin + -y.

Meanings

1. Having or resembling a grin.
   • That cheeky, grinny smile with those twinkly blue eyes 2019, Liam Livings, Love on the Dancefloor, page 10:
   • a grinny face

Forms

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most grinny	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more grinny	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

grinny en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

The phrase "grinny chipmunk" is first attested in 1898 (see quotation below). Perhaps from Etymology 1 above.

Meanings

1. (Pennsylvania, Western) An eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus.
   • Reason thus, and if your heart beats till it hurts your ribs as a gray squirrel whisks across the dry leaves or a ‘grinny chipmunk’ waves you a derisive signal with his little flag from a log before your very nose, call yourself ‘fool,’ ‘idiot,’ anything that comes handy. [1898 November, B. W. Mitchell, “A Thanksgiving Deer Hunt in West Virginia”, in Outing, page 143:

Forms

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grinnie		alternative	lexicographic
grinnies	Number=Plur		lexicographic