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gritten en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English *grytten, grutten (“made of bran, coarse”), equivalent to grit + -en (“made of”).

Meanings

1. (rare) Made of or consisting of grits.
   • He would go out into one of his cornfields and select a few ears of corn, the kernels of which could be barely dented with the thumb nail. These ears were converted into "gritten cornbread." 1943, Bess Virginia Hicks Ehrmann, Back Trails of Indiana, page 160:
   • The Walkers make their bread from cornmeal, which they grate on a piece of tin punched full of holes and fastened to a board. This is known as "gritten" bread. 1919, Illustrated World, volume 32, page 732:

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