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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
grobian (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[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Grobian, from grobianus, the Latinisation of grob (“coarse”), probably with relation to the name Jan. Compare with dumrian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
grobian m (definite singular grobianen, indefinite plural grobianer, definite plural grobianene)
- (derogatory) A coarse, uncouth, uncivilized fellow, perhaps violent.
Synonyms[edit]
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Grobian, from grobianus, the Latinisation of grob (“coarse”), probably with relation to the name Jan. Compare with dumrian.
Noun[edit]
grobian m (definite singular grobianen, indefinite plural grobianar, definite plural grobianane)
- (derogatory) a coarse, uncouth, uncivilized fellow, perhaps violent
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “grobian” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
grobian m or n (feminine singular grobiană, masculine plural grobieni, feminine and neuter plural grobiene)
- coarse (about people)
Declension[edit]
Declension 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Grobian, latinization of grob (“coarse”).
Noun[edit]
grobian c
Declension[edit]
Declension of grobian | ||||
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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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