grouty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of grouty
1825–35; grout to grumble, sulk, of uncertain origin ( cf. grouse 2, grouch) + -y 1
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Stale meat will make broth grouty and bad tasted, and fat meat is wasted.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner
"Well, Frank, how's Nell Gwyn, this morning?" cheerily cried Laura to Frank, who seemed to be getting his harness into a worse snarl, in his grouty attempts to get it out of one.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various
Then it was that the grouty, taciturn, obstinate trader, so unpopular in ordinary times, showed the stuff he was made of.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various
At heart Old Rocks was tender as a child, but he had a way of spluttering and growling that made him seem grouty and cross-grained.
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish
The Hiller story of how Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt and Heller teased this grouty old gentleman on the Boulevard des Italiens is capital reading, if not absolutely true.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
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