grum

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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grum (comparative grummer, superlative grummest)

  1. 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.
  2. Low, deep in the throat; guttural
    a grum voice

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English groom.

Noun

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grum m (plural grums)

  1. bellhop
    Synonyms: mosso d'equipatge, mosso de pista

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin grūmus (small heap).

Noun

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grum m (plural grums)

  1. beeswax bleached white from exposure to sunlight
    Synonym: cera de grum
  2. lump
    Synonym: grumoll
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin grumus, from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (to tie, bind together).

Noun

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grum n (plural grumuri)

  1. (obsolete) pile, bundle, heap
    Synonyms: grămadă, teanc, stivă
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