gory

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See also: Gory, góry, and горы

English

Etymology

From gore +‎ -y. Compare Middle English gorry (“muddy”), and güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɹ.i/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹi

Adjective

gory (comparative gorier, superlative goriest)

  1. Covered with blood; very bloody.
    a gory movie
  2. (informal) Unpleasant.
    Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.

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Noun

gory

  1. Superseded spelling of góry.
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