существительное · неисчисляемое · редкое

nitty-gritty

The core or essence of somethingThe core or essence of something; the gist.

UK/ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/US/ˈnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/

Значение

значений: 1

(также, атрибутивное, разговорное, неисчисляемое)The core or essence of something; the gist.
He gave a short summary without getting into the nitty-gritty of the problem.
Wesentliche

Ещё определения

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Переводы

языков: 4

Deutsch

core or essence of something — see also gist:

Происхождение

Of uncertain origin; said to have been first used by black jazz musicians from the United

Of uncertain origin; said to have been first used by black jazz musicians from the United States, the word is perhaps a reduplication of gritty (“resembling grit”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-) with alteration of the first syllable.

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