grumous

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English grume

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Latin -ōsus

Old French -usbor.

Middle English -ous

English -ous

English grumous

From grume + -ous.

Adjective

grumous (comparative more grumous, superlative most grumous)

1. Resembling grume; thick and lumpy; soft and semisolid
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188:

     The emergency room was filled with people bleeding. Grumous battlers with misshapen heads.

Translations

thick and lumpy

• Czech: hustý (cs), sražený, hlenovitý

Anagrams

• sour gum, sourgum