δριμύς

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

δρῑμῠ́ς • (drīmŭ́s) m (feminine δρῑμεῖᾰ, neuter δρῑμῠ́); first/third declension

1. sharp, piercing, cutting
2. pungent, bitter, acrid
3. keen, shrewd

• → Greek: δριμύς (drimýs) (learned)
• Translingual: Drimys

• “δριμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δριμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δριμύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δριμύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δριμύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δριμύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acrid idem, page 9.
  • bright idem, page 98.
  • discerning idem, page 229.
  • harsh idem, page 387.
  • hot idem, page 407.
  • keen idem, page 467.
  • penetrating idem, page 603.
  • piercing idem, page 612.
  • pungent idem, page 657.
  • quick idem, page 665.
  • rough idem, page 722.
  • sagacious idem, page 731.
  • sharp idem, page 762.
  • sharp-witted idem, page 763.
  • shrewd idem, page 770.
  • smart idem, page 786.
  • sour idem, page 796.
  • stinging idem, page 818.
  • tart idem, page 856.
  • wit idem, page 983.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δριμύς (drimús).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ðɾiˈmis/
• Hyphenation: δρι‧μύς

δριμύς • (drimýs) m (feminine δριμεία, neuter δριμύ)

1. harsh, piercing, severe, sharp (cold, winter, etc.)

   Synonyms: διαπεραστικός (diaperastikós), τσουχτερός (tsouchterós)

2. acrid, pungent, sharp (aroma, taste)
3. (figuratively) sharp, severe (criticism, words, etc.)

   Synonym: τσουχτερός (tsouchterós)