Grimthorpev.

/ˈɡrɪmθɔːp/

Etymology: < the name of Sir Edmund Beckett, first Lord Grimthorpe (1816–1905), whose restoration of St. Albans Cathedral, completed in 1904, aroused fierce criticism and controversy.

transitive. To restore (an ancient building) with lavish expenditure rather than skill and fine taste.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > to original state > specifically a building > in specific manner

Grimthorpe1890

1890 Antiquary Jan. 34 To this a keen and well-known Yorkshire ecclesiologist replied: ‘Heaven forbid! the building might be grimthorped!’

1892 Athenæum 23 July 138/2 St. Albans and other great national fabrics that have been ‘Grimthorped’.

1900 Athenæum 28 July 129/2 This is indeed grimthorping with a vengeance.

1909 Daily Chron. 9 July 6/6 The parish church, which despite of vigorous ‘grimthorping’ still shows a trace of its old Norman architecture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	grimthorpe
释义	Grimthorpev. /ˈɡrɪmθɔːp/ Etymology: < the name of Sir Edmund Beckett, first Lord Grimthorpe (1816–1905), whose restoration of St. Albans Cathedral, completed in 1904, aroused fierce criticism and controversy. transitive. To restore (an ancient building) with lavish expenditure rather than skill and fine taste. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > to original state > specifically a building > in specific manner Grimthorpe1890 1890 Antiquary Jan. 34 To this a keen and well-known Yorkshire ecclesiologist replied: ‘Heaven forbid! the building might be grimthorped!’ 1892 Athenæum 23 July 138/2 St. Albans and other great national fabrics that have been ‘Grimthorped’. 1900 Athenæum 28 July 129/2 This is indeed grimthorping with a vengeance. 1909 Daily Chron. 9 July 6/6 The parish church, which despite of vigorous ‘grimthorping’ still shows a trace of its old Norman architecture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1890
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