grumous

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Etymology

From grume +‎ -ous.

Adjective

grumous (comparative more grumous, superlative most grumous)

  1. Resembling grume; thick and lumpy; soft and semisolid
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188:
      The emergency room was filled with people bleeding. Grumous battlers with misshapen heads.

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