Grimy
[grahy-mee] /ˈgraɪ mi/
adjective, grimier, grimiest.
1.
covered with ; dirty:
I shook his grimy hand.
adj.
1610s, from grime + -y (2). “App[arently] not in literary use during the 18th c.” [OED]. Related: Griminess.
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