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Grimm

[ grim ]

noun

  1. Ja·kob Lud·wig Karl [yah, -kop , loot, -vi, kh, kah, r, l, lood, -], 1785–1863, and his brother Wil·helm Karl [vil, -helm], 1786–1859, German philologists and folklorists.


Grimm

/ ɡrɪm /

noun

  1. GrimmJakob Ludwig Karl17851863MGermanLANGUAGE: philologistSOCIAL SCIENCE: folklorist GrimmWilhelm Karl17861859MGermanLANGUAGE: philologistSOCIAL SCIENCE: folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl (ˈjaːkɔp ˈluːtvɪç karl), 1785–1863, and his brother, Wilhelm Karl (ˈvɪlhɛlm karl), 1786–1859, German philologists and folklorists, who collaborated on Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812–22) and began a German dictionary. Jakob is noted also for his philological work Deutsche Grammatik (1819–37), in which he formulated the law named after him


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Normally, 434 members (minus Michael Grimm who resigned) would vote for Speaker.

Fossella declined to run again, but in the years since he has mused aloud about challenging Grimm.

Despite the scandal, Grimm beat his Democratic opponent by 18 points in November.

Tax evasion carries a maximum penalty of five years, and thus it seems likely that Grimm would be covered by the provision.

Grimm has even been actively trying hire staff members for his office in recent weeks after several former aides deserted him.

Grimm recognized that the last chapter was by another hand and considered it the weakest part of the book.

Hell Jacob Grimm derives from hilan, to conceal in the earth, and it is cognate with hole and hollow.

Grimm has recorded that in old German, the caterpillar was named Alba, and that the Alp often takes the form of a butterfly.

The man was English, and he was a Grimm; an ancestor of this Mr. Grimm we board with.

When Diderot wrote his notices for Grimm, the exhibitions had permanent shelter in the halls of the Louvre.

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