Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grype
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete spelling of gripe.

Obsolete

noun

A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"One grype-ſchill, with a covering, gilt, […]"
"His faders deed bodye..he devyded to an hondred grypes lest he sholde ryde from dethe to lyfe."
"O my child, grypes make their nests of gold though their coates are feathers; […]"
"Like a white Hinde vnder the grypes ſharpe clawes, […]"
"The vncleane eate not: to witte, the eagle, and the grype, and the oſprey, the ringtaile, and the vulture and kite according to their kinde: […]"
"I dreamed a grype and a grimlie beast / Had carryed my crowne away, / My gorgett and my kirtle of golde, / And all my faire heade-geere."

Etymology

From Middle English gripe, from Old French gripe, from Latin gryps, grȳphus, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gripe, gryps, γρῡ́ψ

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

grypes (present, singular) gryping (participle, present) gryped (participle, past) gryped (past) grypes (plural) gripe (alternative)

Questions

What does grype mean?: Obsolete spelling of gripe.
Where does grype come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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