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gruntulous

gruntulous adjective: of a sound, resembling a grunt; gruntlike.

Adjective

gruntulous (comparative more gruntulous, superlative most gruntulous)

  1. Of a sound, resembling a grunt; gruntlike.
    • We crawled, as it seemed, a long time before we saw either Selenite or mooncalf, though we heard the bellowing and gruntulous noises of these latter continually drawing nearer to us.1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter XI, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC, page 115
  2. Full of grunts; expressed with grunts.
    • Back at the shanty, Bradly's compunction for bellowing at Podson was a good deal relieved by Podson's gruntulous annoyance at being bellowed at.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 93
    • […] he walked about the garden or stood in gruntulous meditation before the fire, none daring to interrupt his cogitations by a whisper.1941, Robert Greenwood, Mr. Bunting in Peace and War, page 247

Forms of gruntulous

comparativemore gruntulous
superlativemost gruntulous

Origin of gruntulous

From grunt + -ulous.

Questions about gruntulous

What does gruntulous mean?
Gruntulous means of a sound, resembling a grunt; gruntlike.
What part of speech is gruntulous?
Gruntulous is an adjective.

Words near gruntulous in the dictionary

  1. gruntlings
  2. gruntometer
  3. gruntometers
  4. grunts
  5. gruntspeak
  6. gruntulous
  7. gruntwork
  8. grunty
  9. Grunwald
  10. Grunwalds
  11. Grupe

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