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Definition of Grume
1. Noun. A thick viscous liquid.
2. Noun. A semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells.
Definition of Grume
1. n. A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.
Definition of Grume
1. Noun. A thick semisolid ¹
2. Noun. A clot (of blood) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grume
1. a thick, viscid substance [n -S]
Medical Definition of Grume
1. A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Origin: OF. Grume, cf. F. Grumeau a little heap, clot of blood, dim. Fr. L. Grumus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grume
Literary usage of Grume
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by John Payne Collier (1865)
"... confidence in the text there offered: on the very second page we have lookes
substituted for " bookes," and on the next leaf but one grume is misprinted ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Roquefort gives OF grume!, 'pelote, peloton;' dimin. of grume, ... The derivation
of the E. word from grume, often used as synonymous with grain, ..."