grogram
Syllables: gro·gram/ˈɡɹɒɡɹəm/US/ˈɡɹɑɡɹəm/
grogram noun: a strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool.
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Noun
grogram (countable and uncountable, plural grograms)
- A strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool.
- Are not your Frenchmen neate? Fine, as you ſee, / I have but one frenchman, looke, hee followes mee. / Certes they are neatly cloth'd. I, of this minde am, / Your only wearing is your Grogaram; / Not ſo Sir, I have more.p. 1597, J[ohn] Donne, “[Satyres] Satyre IIII”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, pages 339–340
- Tell him, if he will, / He ſhall ha' the grogran's, at the rate I told him, / And I will meet him, on the Exchange, anon.1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act II...
- A garment made from this fabric.
- [W]ould you, Lady Alma, refuse to purchase a new gown, when by length of time your old grogram was worn to tatters, or grown so unfashionable as to excite ridicule in the very boys as you go to church?1824, Vicesimus Knox, “Evening LVIII. On the Danger and Folly of Innovation.”, in The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D. with a Biographical Preface. In Seven Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for J....
Examples of grogram in a sentence
- Her mother [...] sat by the fire in the full glory of a grogram gown, lammer beads, and a clean cockernony, whiffing a snug pipe of tobacco, and superintending the affairs of the kitchen.1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume I (The Bride of...
- An' here, they'n gi'en you lots o' good grogram an' flannel, as should ha' been gi'en by good rights to them as had the sense to keep away from such foolery.1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Games”, in Adam Bede […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons...
- Nicknamed 'Old Grogram' because of the grogram waterproof he so often wore, the rum ration took his nickname also.1997, Denis Orde, “Mutiny”, in Nelson’s Mediterranean Command: Concerning Pride, Preferment & Prize Money, Edinburgh: Pentland Press...
- They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire.2001, Yamakawa Kikue, “Dress”, in Kate Wildman Nakai, transl., Women of the Mito Domain: Recollections of Samurai Family Life, Stanford...
Forms of grogram
| plural | grograms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | grogran |
Origin of grogram
Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, mature”)). The word is a doublet of grosgrain which was borrowed later.
Words formed from grogram
Questions about grogram
- What does grogram mean?
- Grogram means a strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool.
- How do you use grogram in a sentence?
- Her mother [...] sat by the fire in the full glory of a grogram gown, lammer beads, and a clean cockernony, whiffing a snug pipe of tobacco, and superintending the affairs of the kitchen.
- What part of speech is grogram?
- Grogram is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grogram?
- Grogram is pronounced /ˈɡɹɒɡɹəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of grogram?
- The plural of grogram is grograms.
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