grit

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
  2. noun fortitude and determination
  3. verb cover with a grit

Etymology

With early modern vowel shortening, from Middle English grete, griet, from Old English grēot, from Proto-West Germanic *greut, from Proto-Germanic *greutą. Compare grist.

In classic literature

Synonyms

gritrock, gritstone

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