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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The fellows in the consort say he is as grouty as a mud turtle, and as crabbed as an owl at noonday.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver
“He isn’t such a grouty fellow, after all,” said Bangs.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 by Various
A proper course of Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier, together with her celebrated Liver Pills, will purify the blood and drive off the bile, making you happy and pleasant, instead of grouty and disagreeable.
From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Pinkham, Lydia Estes
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 Huneker, James
But young folks will be young folks, and I trust I'm not so old and grouty as to frown on innocent fun.
From Patty's Suitors by Wells, Carolyn
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