An archaic or rare word referring to the act of gripping or something that is gripped.
From 'grip' plus the suffix '-ment' (Old French origin, denoting an action or result). A formation pattern common in Middle English that largely fell out of use as 'grip' and 'grasp' became standard.
Gripment is a ghost word—it appears in old dictionaries but hardly anyone ever actually used it because English speakers preferred the simpler word 'grip' itself, showing how language naturally pruned unnecessary variations.
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