grainy | Etymology of grainy by etymonline www.etymonline.com/word/grainyPrivate View early 14c., "a small, hard seed," especially of one of the cereal plants, also as a collective singular, "seed of wheat and allied grasses used as food;" also "something resembling grain; a hard particle of other substances" (salt, sand, later gunpowder, etc.), from Old French grain, grein (12c.) "seed, grain; particle, drop; berry; grain as a ...
grainy - definition and meaning - Wordnik www.wordnik.com/words/grainyPrivate View grainy: Made of or resembling grain; granular. Nor did they like the texture, which they called grainy and fatty.. NYDN Rss SARAH DONNA 2011. The film, shot in grainy black and white, was a strange mixture of naturalism and existentialism.. Arthur Penn obituary Sheila Whitaker 2010. Featuring dramatic "reenactments" of high school bathroom rape scenes shot in grainy black-and-white footage ...