English
grimlike
From grim + -like.
Formed from grim + -like
Proto-Germanic *grimmaz ‘grim, grimly, fierce’
Proto-West Germanic *grimm ‘grim, angry’
Old English grimm ‘fierce, savage, terrible, cruel, angry’
Middle English grim
English grim
Today it means
adj Synonym of grimly (“grim-looking, grim-natured”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / grimlike