grundel
See also: Grundel
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English grundel, grundyl, perhaps from Old English gryndle (“herring”). Compare also Middle Dutch grondele, grondel, Middle Low German grundele, grundel (“groundling”). See groundling.
Noun
editgrundel (plural grundels)
- (UK, dialect, archaic) A kind of fish, the groundling.
- (US, slang) The perineum; the area between the anus and genitals.
References
edit- “grundel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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