Modern Meaning of "Gory" Not in OED

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 11:24:25AM -0500, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> The OED does not have the modern meaning of "gory," i.e., bloodcurdling,
> sensational.  The classic collocation for this meaning, "gory details," is
> found in American Periodical Series back to 1875 and earlier than that, I
> believe, in Google Print.  Jesse or Ben, what is the earliest example in
> the OED files?

We don't have anything earlier than this in our electronic
files. But I've put in a drafting suggestion for this, thanks.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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