gritten

English

Etymology

From Middle English *grytten, grutten (“made of bran, coarse”), equivalent to grit +‎ -en (“made of”).

Adjective

gritten (comparative more gritten, superlative most gritten)

1. (rare) Made of or consisting of grits.
   • 1919, Illustrated World, volume 32, page 732:

     The Walkers make their bread from cornmeal, which they grate on a piece of tin punched full of holes and fastened to a board. This is known as "gritten" bread.

   • 1943, Bess Virginia Hicks Ehrmann, Back Trails of Indiana, page 160:

     He would go out into one of his cornfields and select a few ears of corn, the kernels of which could be barely dented with the thumb nail. These ears were converted into "gritten cornbread."

Anagrams

• gittern, retting