nitty-gritty
nitty-gritty · more nitty-gritty · most nitty-gritty
Dealing with something in great depthDealing with something in great depth.
UK/ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/US/ˈnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)Dealing with something in great depth.
Origin
Of uncertain origin; said to have been first used by black jazz musicians from the UnitedOf 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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Forms
more nitty-gritty, most nitty-gritty| Comparative | more nitty-gritty Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most nitty-gritty Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.