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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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 William Kitchiner
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
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 Lydia Estes Pinkham
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
"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 Homer W. Colby
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