gory

== English == === Etymology === From gore +‎ -y. Compare Middle English gorry (“muddy”), and güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɹ.i/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹi === Adjective === gory (comparative gorier, superlative goriest) Covered with blood; very bloody. (informal) Scandalous, and often unpleasant. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (figuratively) Excessively detailed, often boringly so. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Győr, gyro, gyro-, orgy == Lower Sorbian == === Noun === gory superseded spelling of góry