GRIMM

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• GRIMM (noun)
  The noun GRIMM has 2 senses:

1. the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)

2. the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)

  Familiarity information: GRIMM used as a noun is rare.

• GRIMM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm; Wilhelm Karl Grimm

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Grimm; Jakob Grimm; Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm

Instance hypernyms:

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

 Context examples 

'Ich wage die Gedanken in der Schale meines Zornes und die Werke mit dem Gewichte meines Grimms.'

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), were born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in the German state of Hesse.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)