grum

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English

Etymology

From Middle English grom, from Old English grom, gram (“angry, wrathful”), from Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”). Probably influenced in form by glum. Compare also Danish grum (“cruel, atrocious, fell”), Swedish grym (“cruel, furious, terrible”). See also grim, gram, grump.

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Adjective

grum (comparative grummer, superlative grummest)

  1. Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
    • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Stripling, act 2:
      Look not so grum at me; there is something to make thee more cheerful. (Offering him money with one hand, while he receives the bag with the other.)
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 58:
      She cast a speculative look upon her husband, silent and grum as if he had been thus gruffly carved out of wood.
  2. Low, deep in the throat; guttural
    a grum voice

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English groom.

Noun

grum m (plural grums)

  1. bellhop
    Synonyms: mosso d'equipatge, mosso de pista

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin grūmus (“small heap”).

Noun

grum m (plural grums)

  1. beeswax bleached white from exposure to sunlight
    Synonym: cera de grum
  2. lump
    Synonym: grumoll
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Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin grumus, from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (“to tie, bind together”).

Noun

grum n (plural grumuri)

  1. (obsolete) pile, bundle, heap
    Synonyms: grămadă, teanc, stivă
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