gristbite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mrs. Tolpedden achieved a dashing cannon, and then gave a miss, at which she "grisbetted", as Milly called it."
- "I’d lean against the door and stare out the car window terror-stricken in any hairpin turn but soon felt my tight gristbit milk teeth were set free by laughing through each shotgun seat squeeze[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English grisbaten, from Old English gristbitian. Equivalent to grist (“to grind”) + bite.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: grisbaten, gristbitian
Usage
Inflected Forms
gristbites (present, singular)
gristbiting (participle, present)
gristbit (past)
gristbitten (participle, past)
gristbit (participle, past)
grizbite (alternative)
grisbite (alternative)
grisbet (alternative)