grobian
See also: Grobian
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editgrobian (plural grobians)
- (dated, derogatory) A coarse, uncouth, uncivilized and possibly violent fellow.
- 1892, Andrew Lang, The Library, second edition, page 41-42:
- [B]eware of men who love not fly leaves neither regard margins, but write notes over the latter, and light their pipes with the former. […] To such fellows it matters not that they make a book dirty and greasy, cutting the pages with their fingers, and holding the boards over the fire till they crack. All these slatternly practices, though they destroy a book as surely as the flames of Caesar's soldiers at Alexandria, seem fine manly acts to the grobians who use them.
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom German Grobian, from grobianus, the Latinisation of grob (“coarse”), probably with relation to the name Jan. Compare with dumrian.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrobian m (definite singular grobianen, indefinite plural grobianer, definite plural grobianene)
- (derogatory) A coarse, uncouth, uncivilized fellow, perhaps violent.
Synonyms
editReferences
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom German Grobian, from grobianus, the Latinisation of grob (“coarse”), probably with relation to the name Jan. Compare with dumrian.
Noun
editgrobian m (definite singular grobianen, indefinite plural grobianar, definite plural grobianane)
- (derogatory) a coarse, uncouth, uncivilized fellow, perhaps violent
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “grobian” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
editEtymology
editAdjective
editgrobian m or n (feminine singular grobiană, masculine plural grobieni, feminine and neuter plural grobiene)
- coarse (about people)
Declension
editDeclension of grobian
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | grobian | grobiană | grobieni | grobiene | ||
definite | grobianul | grobiana | grobienii | grobienele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | grobian | grobiene | grobieni | grobiene | ||
definite | grobianului | grobienei | grobienilor | grobienelor |
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom German Grobian, latinization of grob (“coarse”).
Noun
editgrobian c
Declension
editDeclension of grobian | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grobian | grobianen | grobianer | grobianerna |
Genitive | grobians | grobianens | grobianers | grobianernas |
References
edit- grobian in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- grobian in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- grobian in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- grobian in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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