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gory

UK/ˈɡɔː.ɹi/ US/ˈɡɔɹ.i/ uncommon dated informal slang

adjective

1.

covered with blood

  • “a bloodstained shirt”
  • “a gory dagger”
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2.

accompanied by bloodshed

  • “this bitter and sanguinary war”
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Origin

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.

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  • gory details

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