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groutier

groutier is the comparative form of grouty.

Meaning of grouty

Adjective (1)

grouty (comparative groutier, superlative groutiest)

  1. Full of grout(s), that is, sediment.
    • […] the Wash of the Dung runs into this Pond, and thickens it to that degree, that many have wondered how the Cattle could drink such grouty, black, stinking Water, full of Lice, Worms, Bugs, and other Insects.1746, William Ellis, Agriculture improv'd: or, The practice of husbandry display'd, page 74

Adjective (2)

grouty (comparative groutier, superlative groutiest)

  1. (Northern-US) Angry or surly, sulky.
    • How easy to be kind and pleasant: how uncomfortable to be rude and grouty!1888, New Englander and Yale Review, volume 48, page 33
  2. (Northern-US) Lowering; threatening to rain or storm.
  3. Turbid as with liquor.

Questions about groutier

What is groutier the comparative form of?
Groutier is the comparative form of grouty.

Words near groutier in the dictionary

  1. grouter
  2. grouters
  3. groutes
  4. groutfit
  5. groutfits
  6. groutier
  7. groutiest
  8. grouting
  9. groutings
  10. groutite
  11. groutless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: groutier (page history and authors); grouty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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