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grumose

grumose adjective: gromous, lumpy.

Adjective

grumose (comparative more grumose, superlative most grumose)

  1. Gromous, lumpy.
    • [W]henever the bloud is quiet or ceaſes from motion, vvhether vvithin or vvithout the body of an Animal, the red and grumoſe part of it ſoon curdles, and is ſeparated from the ſeroſe or albumen; […]1683 March 29 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Walter Charleton, “Prælectio I. Of the Circular Motion of the Bloud, and the Admirable Effects thereof.”, in Three Anatomic Lectures, […], London...

Forms of grumose

comparativemore grumose
superlativemost grumose

Questions about grumose

What does grumose mean?
Grumose means gromous, lumpy.
What part of speech is grumose?
Grumose is an adjective.

Words near grumose in the dictionary

  1. grummest
  2. grummet
  3. grummets
  4. Grummitt
  5. grumness
  6. grumose
  7. grumous
  8. grump
  9. grumped
  10. grumph
  11. grumphed

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