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Meaning of gripple | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈɡɹɪpəl

Definitions

  1. Griping; tenacious; gripping.
    Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
  2. Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.
    Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
  3. Sprained.
    Scotland, UK, dialectal

Examples

“Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse”
“It is easy to observe, that none are so gripple and hard fisted, as the childless […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

grippy gripsome griseous grisettish Grishamesque grisled

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