grobian

See also: Grobian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *krewp-

Proto-Indo-European *krewp-o-s

Proto-Germanic *hreubazder.?

Old High German grob

Middle High German grob

German grob

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānus

German Grobianus

German Grobianbor.

English grobian

Borrowed from German Grobian (“brute”).

Noun

grobian (plural grobians)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• grobianism

Anagrams

• Borgian, Nobriga

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Grobian, from grobianus, the Latinisation of grob (“coarse”), probably with relation to the name Jan. Compare with dumrian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːbɪɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

grobian m (definite singular grobianen, indefinite plural grobianer, definite plural grobianene)

1. (derogatory) A coarse, uncouth, uncivilized fellow, perhaps violent.

Synonyms

• råtamp

References

• “grobian” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “grobian” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Grobian, from grobianus, the Latinisation of grob (“coarse”), probably with relation to the name Jan. Compare with dumrian.

Noun

grobian m (definite singular grobianen, indefinite plural grobianar, definite plural grobianane)

1. (derogatory) a coarse, uncouth, uncivilized fellow, perhaps violent

Synonyms

• råtamp

References

• “grobian” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grobian.

Adjective

grobian m or n (feminine singular grobiană, masculine plural grobieni, feminine/neuter plural grobiene)

1. coarse (about people)

Declension

Declension of grobian

		singular			plural
		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

Etymology

From German Grobian, latinization of grob (“coarse”).

Noun

grobian c

1. grobian, ruffian

Declension

Declension of grobian

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grobian	grobians
	definite	grobianen	grobianens
plural	indefinite	grobianer	grobianers
	definite	grobianerna	grobianernas

References

• “grobian”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “grobian”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “grobian”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• grobian in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)