grouty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of grouty
1825–35; grout to grumble, sulk, of uncertain origin ( cf. grouse 2, grouch) + -y 1
Example Sentences
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"I often notice that the portrait of grouty old Biagio attracts more attention than any other of the nearly three hundred figures in the picture."
From Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters by Colby, Homer W.
Stale meat will make broth grouty and bad tasted, and fat meat is wasted.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
“He isn’t such a grouty fellow, after all,” said Bangs.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 by Various
He then subsided, but was grouty all the balance of the day.
From In and Out of Rebel Prisons by Lieut. A.
If not of sufficient stiffness, it falls to pieces, and makes soup, &c. grouty and very unsightly.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
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