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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'nitty-gritty' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions nitty-gritty noun (uncountable) (colloquial) The essence or core of something; the details. He gave a short summary without getting into the of the problem. Etymology: Uncertain, said to have been used at first by black jazz musicians, perhaps ultimately from nit and grits (finely ground corn), from Old English grytta (coarse meal).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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