grumbletonian

名词 n.
英 /ˌɡɹʌm.bəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/    美 /ˌɡɹʌm.bəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Originally a member of the 17th-century Country Party; later a member of the opposition. UK,derogatory,obsolete,slang
    — He was often dis-guſted, and thought a Grumble-tonian; but there was no getting an inſight into his Proceedings. He’d be counted ſometimes (behind the Curtain) a High-Flyer, and Tory-rory-Ranter; yet, by his natural In-ſtinks, he inclined to be of the Low-Party: Some ſay he was of no Side, but between both.

词形变化

grumbletonians plural

词源

From grumble + -tonian, analyzable as -ton + -ian. (as in Princetonian, Newtonian, etc).
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