
ETYMOLOGY
from gripple (niggardly, usurious) + -minded
EXAMPLE
“…L. BEAU. That a man of your estate should be so gripple-minded and repining at his wife’s bounty!…”
From: Any Thing for a Quiet Life
– Thomas Middleton and Thomas Webster, a1632
ETYMOLOGY
from gripple (niggardly, usurious) + -minded
EXAMPLE
“…L. BEAU. That a man of your estate should be so gripple-minded and repining at his wife’s bounty!…”
From: Any Thing for a Quiet Life
– Thomas Middleton and Thomas Webster, a1632