grouty

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Full of grout(s), that is, sediment.
    — […] the Wash of the Dung runs into this Pond, and thickens it to that degree, that many have wondered how the Cattle could drink such grouty, black, stinking Water, full of Lice, Worms, Bugs, and other Insects.
  2. Angry or surly, sulky. Northern-US
    — How easy to be kind and pleasant: how uncomfortable to be rude and grouty!
  3. Lowering; threatening to rain or storm. Northern-US
  4. Turbid as with liquor.

词形变化

groutier comparative groutiest superlative groutier comparative groutiest superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English grout
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English grouty
From grout + -y.
词源 2
Uncertain; compare grouchy.
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