Etymology

grouch

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Today it means: A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. Full definition →

First used the late 19th cMiddle English grouchen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromgrouchen
  2. English todaygrouch

From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.

First known use, by meaning

  • from the late 19th c A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
  • from the early 20th c One who is grumpy or irritable.
  • from the early 20th c. To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.

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