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Definition of Grouty
1. a. Cross; sulky; sullen.
Definition of Grouty
1. Adjective. Turbid as with liquor. ¹
2. Adjective. Angry or surly, sulky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grouty
1. surly [adj GROUTIER, GROUTIEST] - See also: surly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grouty
Literary usage of Grouty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"(NED) 1848 Ez long 'z the people git their rattle 1836 Been quite "grouty" all
vacation; "black as Erebus." Wut is there fer 'm to grout about ? ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Colloq.j The sun, I sometimes think, is a little grouty at sea, especially at high
... At home, the agree:ible companion became at once a grouty grandson. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"NW grouty, adj. Of the sky, thundery, threatening rain. It looks ' ter'ble grouty'
in summer when thunder clouds are coming up.—NW (Clyffe Pypard.) Grump. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... deduce grouse from this, or even from the W. form. GROUT, coarse meal ; in pi.
grounds, dregs. (E.) ME gnl ; which appears in the adj. grünen, grouty. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Also to go out of an evening. In Yorkshire it is used with the sense of to dig
up with the snout like a hog. grouty (American), ill-tempered, cross, vexed, ..."
6. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"Modern Husbandman, V. i. 129. Seo Stroke and Oatmeal Kernel. grouty. ... grouty,
black, stinking water.'—Modern Husbandman, III. ii. 74. See Hal. ..."
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