"gritten" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more gritten [comparative], most gritten [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *grytten, grutten (“made of bran, coarse”), equivalent to grit + -en (“made of”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*grytten}} Middle English *grytten, {{m|enm|grutten|t=made of bran, coarse}} grutten (“made of bran, coarse”), {{af|en|grit|-en|id2=made of|t2=made of}} grit + -en (“made of”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} gritten (comparative more gritten, superlative most gritten)
  1. (rare) Made of or consisting of grits. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-gritten-en-adj-QKyct4n~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (made of)

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