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German
Etymology
Earlier Grobianus, humorously formed from grob (“coarse”) + Latin -iānus. Compare Dummerjan, Liederjan etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
Grobian m (strong, genitive Grobianes or Grobians, plural Grobiane)
- brute
- Synonyms: Rohling, Rowdy, Rüpel
1819, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Dem Schenken”, in West-östlicher Divan; republished as Edward Dowden, transl., West-Eastern Divan, 1914:Setze mir nicht, du Grobian, / Mir den Krug so derb vor die Nase- Clown, do not clap the vessel that you bear / In such rough fashion here beneath my nose!
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