Etymology

glum

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Today it means: Despondent; moody; sullen. Full definition →

Middle Low German glum
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glum · adjective1

  1. Middle Low German · derived fromglum“glum”
  2. English todayglum

Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.

glum · verb, noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromglome
  2. Middle English · inherited fromglomen
  3. English todayglum

From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben (“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom (“gloom”). More at gloom. The noun is from Middle English glome, from the verb.

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