gruesome 
ffrouw = Dan. gru = Norw. grui; gru, horror, 
terror, is later, and from the verb), + -some.] 
Causing one to shudder ; frightfully dismal or 
depressing; horribly repulsive. 
Nature's equinoctial night-wrath is weird, grewiome, 
crushing. Kingsley, Two Years Ago, iii. 
He [a dead duck] was found in the holidays by the ma- 
tron, a grewsome body. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 4. 
The dungeons of Villeneuve made a particular impres- 
sion on me greater than any, except those of Loches, 
which must surely be the mom, grewsome in Europe. 
U. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 219. 
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stead of reg. gram or grom, is due perhaps to Well, Jack, by thy long absence from the Town, the 
association with the verb grumble, or with til inn Grumnea of thy Countenance, and the Slovenliness of thy 
q. v. Cf. Dan. grum, cruel, atrocious, fell, = Sw! Hablt> 1 8hou ' d glve thee Jo fc 9l l U ; d I r 0< " f *'^ 
grym, cruel, furious, terrible, = Norw. grum, , ,_*__, ?/WT^ '' 
,.,.,,,,,1 i,., ,,.,i.*,. ,ii: ~_n-- i-_. j.-j grumose (gro mos;. a. \_\ NL. grumosits: see 
proud, haughty, supercilious, colloq. splendid, 
superb.] 1. Morose; surly; sullen; glum. 
You, while your Lovers court you, still look <///. 
Wycherley, Gentleman Dancing-Master, Epil. 
And lastly (my brother still grum and sullen), I gave 
them a dollar to drink, and took my leave. 
Franklin, Autobiog., p. 51. 
2. Low; deep in the throat; guttural: as, a 
grum voice 
grumous.] Same as grunious. 2. 
grumous (gro'mus), a. [< F. grumetix = Sp. 
Pg. It. gmmoso, < NL. grumosus, grumous, < 
L. grumus, a little heap: see grume.] 1. Re- 
sembling or containing grume ; thick ; viscid ; 
clotted: as, grumous blood. 2. In bot., formed 
of coarse grains, as some clustered tubercular 
roots. Also yrumose. 
The state of 
gruesomeness, grewsomeness (gro'sum-nes), - 
H. The quality of being gruesome or frightful, grumble (grum'bl), r. ; pret. and pp. grumbled, grumousness (gro mus-nes) n 
He [Tertullian] is often outrageously unjust in the sub- PP?- grumbling. [With excrescent as in fum- being S^mous, viscid, or clotted. 
ble, humble, etc. (= OF. grommeler, grumeler, ""-"-" - J -"--- 
groumeler, F. grommeler), < MD. grommelen, 
mifrmur, mutter, grunt, = LG. grummeln (> 
G. dial, grummeln), growl, mutter, as thunder; 
freq. of MD. grommen, murmur, mutter, grunt, 
D. grommen, grumble, growl, scold, = LG. gru- 
men, "grummen, grumble, mutter (cf. G. dial. 
stance of what he says, and in manner harsh to cynicism, 
scornful to gruesomeness ; but in no battle that he fought 
was he ever actuated by selfish interests. 
Kncyc. Brit., XXIII. 196. 
graft, adv. See grof 1 . 
gruff 1 (gruf), a. and n. [< D. grof, coarse, 
plump, loud, blunt, great, heavy, = LG. grov = 
OHG. grob, gerob, MHG. gran, gerop, G. grab, 
great, large, coarse, thick, rude, etc., = Sw. grof 
= Dan. grov, big, coarse, rude. Root unknown ; 
the OHG. gerob does not necessarily contain the 
prefix ge-, being prob. developed from grob.} 
1. a. Rough or stern in manner, voice, or coun- 
tenance ; surly ; severe ; harsh. 
Zeno himself, the father of Stoicism, as gruf&i he looked, 
might have enlarged our writer's catalogue for some very 
free thoughts. Bentley, Phileleutherus Lipsiensis, i 49. 
" Fool ! " said the sophist, in an undertone 
Gruff with contempt. Keats, Lamia, I. 292. 
II. n. In pliar., the coarse residue which will 
not pass through the sieve in pulverization. 
Vunglison. 
gruff 2 (gruf). n. [A var. of grore, groove, in the 
same sense.] In mining, a pit or shaft. Rich- 
ardson. 
I rode to Minedeep, with an intention to make use of it 
[a barometer] there in one of the deepest gru/s ... I 
could find. Locke, To Boyle, in Boyle's Works, V. 686. 
gruffly (gruf'li), adv. In a gruff manner. 
Geraint, . . . behind an ancient churl, . . . 
Ask'd yet once more what meant the hubbub here? 
Who auswer'd gruffly, " Ugh ! the sparrow-hawk." 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
gruffness (gruf'nes), n. The state or quality 
of being gruff. 
grufted (grafted), a. [E. dial.; origin ob- 
scure.] Begrimed; befouled. [Prov. Eng.] 
'Is noase sa gni/ted wi' snutf. Tennyson, Village Wife, 
grugeonst, n. l>l. See grudgings. 
gru-gru (gro'grfi), . 1. In South America, 
the grub of the large coleopterous insect Ca- 
landra palmarum. It lives in the stems of palm-trees, 
and also in the sugar-cane, and is regarded as a del' 
by the natives. See Calandra, 2. 
2. In the West Indies, either of two species __ 
palms, Astrocaryum aculeatum and Acrocomia 
The cause may be referred eithef to the coagulation of 
the serum or grumousnens of the blood. Wiseman, Surgery. 
trumph (grumf), v. i. [A variation of grunt. 
Cf. bw. grymta, grunt.] To grunt; make a 
noise like a sow. [Scotch.] 
A grumphin', girnin'. snarlin' jade. 
Tarras, Poems, p. 52. 
(Bav.)" grumenj refl., fret oneself ). The con- grumph (grumf), n. [< grumph, v.] A grunt, 
nection with oruw, grim, etc., is doubtful.] I. [Scotch.] 
intrans. 1. To make a low rumbling sound ; He drew a long sigh, or rather grumph, through his nose, 
mutter ; growl. Saxon and Gael, I. 42. 
The grumbling base grumphie (grum'fi). n. [< grumph -f dim. -.] 
In surly groans disdains the treble grace. A SOW [Scotch 1 
Crashaw, Musick's Duel. 
Thou grumbling thunder. Join thy voice. Motteux. And wha SSS^j^MT" *~ 
Asteer that 1 1 hrl.t [ 
Burns, Halloween. 
o- r~-j \B- r- /> In a grumpy, sur- 
4. lo complain m a low, surly voice; mur- ly, or gruff manner. 
grumpiness (grum'pi-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being grumpy or gruff. 
grumpisb. (grum'pish), . [< grumpy + -ish 1 .] 
Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy. 
A farmer takes Summer boarders with a grumpith pro- 
test. New York Tribune, Aug. 11, 1879. 
grumpy (grum'pi), a. [Appar. extended from 
grum. Cf. frumpy, frump.] Surly; gruff ; glum. 
From the old Thru-Ian dog they learn 'd the way 
To snarl in want, and grumble o'er their prey. 
Pitt, To Mr. Spence. grumpily (grum'pi-li), adv. 
_ _ low. surlv voice 
mur with discontent. 
Thou, thou, whom winds and stormy seas obey, 
That through the deep gav'st grumbling Isr'el way, 
afe. 
Say to my soul, be safe. Quartet, Emblems, iii. 11. 
By the loom an ancient woman stood 
And grumbled o'er the web. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 102. 
= Syn. 2. To complain, repine, croak. 
H. trans. To express or utter in a grumbling 
or complaining manner, 
grumble ( gram 'bl),. [< grumble,?.] l.Theact 
of grumbling; a grumbling speech or remark. 
I am sick of this universal plea of patriotism. . . . How- 
ever, this is merely my grumble. 
G. W. Curtis, Potiphar Papers, p. 90. 
The really elaborate essay on the important man gives 
place, for the most part, to the record of the hundred and 
one events, . . . most of which are small to-day. 
To-night . . . there was a special meeting of the Orumpt/ 
Club, in which everybody was to say the gayest things with 
the gravest face, and every laugh carried a forfeit. 
Disraeli, Coningsby. 
The world, it appears, is indebted for much of its pro- 
gress to uncomfortable and even grumpy people. 
M. C. Tyler, Hist. Amer. Lit., I. 124. 
She was a very grumpy stewardess, he thought. 
The Atlantic, I. 799. 
in wnicii are small [o-uay. That is _ i / .. / - i- \ 
our main yrumble. The Academy, Oct. 27, 1888, p. 279 gTUmUlOSe (gro mu-los), a. [< L. grumulus, a 
2f. A surly person. \ ltn . e hea l>> dlm -.f fjrumvs, a heap : see grume.] 
Com, thou Shalt mum with us. ^^ J^K ftSAVOS^ 
No Church, I. 273. 
sderocarpa, the wood of which is very hard, grumbler (grum'bler), n. 1. One who grumbles 
heavv, and durable, and takes a fine polish. 
Grinds (gro'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Grus (Gru-) 
+ -idee.] A family of large, long-necked, long- 
legged wading birds of the group Geranomor- 
ph(e or Gruiformes ; the cranes. They have the bill 
equaling or exceeding the head in length, compressed, 
or murmurs ; 
discontent. 
one who complains or expresses 
Peace to the grumblers of an envious Age, 
Vapid in spleen, or brisk in frothy rage. 
Bealtie, To Mr. Blacklock. 
metal., granulated or shotted pig-iron, used in 
the so-called Uchatius process for making steel 
invented in 1855, and nearly a hundred years 
earlier by John Wood. 
Grundy 2 (grun'di), n. A name (generally Mrs. 
Grundy, though Mr. Grundy is sometimes face- 
tiously used) taken as representing society at 
large, or the particular part of it concerned, in 
2. A fish of the family Triglidai ; a gurnard: so 
ly of 12 broad rectrices. There are about 15 species, of 
various parts of the world, belonging to the genera Gi-ut, 
Anthropoides, and Baleancu. See cuts under crane, 
demoiselle, and Grus. 
gruiform (gro'i-form), a. [< NL. gruiformis, < 
L. grits, a crane, + forma, form.] Having, the 
In Great Britain, in the latter part of the seven- .,*._- ,_.. > stfi _ x . 
teenth century, a nickname for a member of the o* 1 * 10 ve luj 
Country party as opposed to the Court party, g^^ grunt), . i. [< ME. grunten, gronten, 
uSritt^isrtf^iSasSfsttW^ ?r etime ? T^- ^ F"SS 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng , xii. Dan. jrrynfc = Sw. grymta, grant, = OHG. MHG. 
form or structure of a crane; resembling or grumblingly (gram'bling-li), adr Witherum- G ' drumen, grunt ; cf. AS. ME. grunnien (rare), 
related to a crane. % Hng or ^ c V o B ntent; in B a gnlmbling voh-e or 
Ine Lanama is ... a low, gruiform, rapacious bird. manner. 
Gruiformes (gro-i-for'mez), . pi. [NL., pi. of buttheconunonandcouiitrj'peopLseemedtospeak^raHi' 
gruiformis : see gruiform.] A superfamily or olingly. E. Browne, Travels, p. 156. 
suborder of Alectorides, containing the gruiform grume (gr8m), n. [< OF. grume, a knot, bunch, 
as distinguished from the ralliform birds, or cluster, clutter, clot, = Sp. Pg. It. grumo, < L. 
the schizognathous, schizorhinal, prsecocial, grumus, a little heap or hillock of earth. Cf . Gr. 
grallatorial birds : corresponding to the Gera- Kpu/wi-, K^fiaf, a heap of stones.] A thick vis- 
nomorphai in a strict sense, and contrasted with cid fluid ; a clot, as of blood. Quincy. 
Rattiformes. grumly (grum'li), adv. In a gram manner. 
Urumae (gro-i ne), n. pi. [NL.,< Grus (Gru-) grummel (gram'el), . An obsolete or dialectal 
+ -)WB.] 1. A subfamily of Gruidai, including form of gromwell. 
the typical cranes of the genus Grus. 2f. In, grummels (gram'elz), . pi. Grounds; dregs; 
Nitzsch's classification (1829), a superfamily sediment. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
group embracing the cranes and their imme- grummet (grum'et), n. See gromet. 
diate allies. grummet-irom(grum'et-i"ern), n. See (iromet- 
grum (grum), a. [< ME. t/rom, gram, < AS. iron. 
grom, gram, .angry wrathful: see gram 1 and grumness (grum'nes), . The quality of being grunt (grunt), . [= Dan. qruut; from the verb.] 
the allied g nm. The particular formgnim, in- grum; moroseness; surliness. 1. A deep guttural sound, as that made by a hog. 
Scotch form of 
i/riinian, grunt (verbal n. grunung, a lowing, 
bellowing); L. grunnire, earlier grundire (> It. 
gruf/nire, grugnare = Sp. gruftir = Pg. grunMr 
= F. grogner, grander, grunt, mutter, grumble, 
> ult. E. groiu^, grunt : see grohft); ult. of imi- 
tative origin; cf. Gr. ypii&iv, grumble, mutter, 
ypv, the noise made by a pig (? see gry) ; but 
the Tent, forms appear to be allied to grin 1 , 
q. v. See grudge.] To make a guttural noise, 
as a hog; also, to utter short or broken groans, 
as from eagerness or over-exertion. 
And the! speken nought, but the! gronten, as Pygges. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 274. 
Nothing was heard but grunting and groning of people, 
as they lay on heapes ready to die, weltering together in 
their own blood. Holinihed, Hist. Scotland, an. 1331. 
Who would these fardels bear, 
To grunt and sweat under a weary life? 
Shalt., Hamlet, iii. 1. 
