grum
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Etymology edit
From Middle English grom, from Old English grom, gram (“angry, wrathful”), from Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”). Probably influenced in form by glum. Compare also Danish grum (“cruel, atrocious, fell”), Swedish grym (“cruel, furious, terrible”). See also grim, gram, grump.
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grum (comparative grummer, superlative grummest)
- Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Stripling, act 2:
- Look not so grum at me; there is something to make thee more cheerful. (Offering him money with one hand, while he receives the bag with the other.)
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 58:
- She cast a speculative look upon her husband, silent and grum as if he had been thus gruffly carved out of wood.
- Low, deep in the throat; guttural
- a grum voice
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grum m (plural grums)
- bellhop
- Synonyms: mosso d'equipatge, mosso de pista
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin grūmus (“small heap”).
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grum m (plural grums)
- beeswax bleached white from exposure to sunlight
- Synonym: cera de grum
- lump
- Synonym: grumoll
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- “grum” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin grumus, from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (“to tie, bind together”).
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grum n (plural grumuri)