grot

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.

Noun

grot (plural grots)

1. (poetic) A grotto.
   • 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:

     She took me to her elfin grot, / And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore, / And there I shut her wild wild eyes / With kisses four.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from grotty.

Noun

grot (countable and uncountable; plural grots) (UK)

1. (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
2. (slang, countable) A miserable person.

Anagrams

• trog

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Noun

grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje)

1. cave, cavern

Synonyms

• spelonk

Derived terms

• grotschildering

Anagrams

• trog

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡrot/

Noun

grot n

1. particle
2. fragment

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.

Adjective

grōt

1. great

Declension

Declension of grōt

Strong declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grōt	grōte	grōt	grōte	grōt	grōtu
accusative	grōtan	grōte	grōt	grōte	grōta	grōtu
genitive	grōtes	grōtarō	grōtes	grōtarō	grōtaro	grōtarō
dative	grōtumu	grōtum	grōtumu	grōtum	grōtaro	grōtum
Weak declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grōto	grōtu	grōta	grōtu	grōta	grōtu
accusative	grōtun	grōtun	grōta	grōtun	grōtun	grōtun
genitive	grōtun	grōtonō	grōtun	grōtonō	grōtun	grōtonō
dative	grōtun	grōtum	grōtun	grōtum	grōtun	grōtum