grouty

comparative groutier · superlative groutiest

1. Full of grout(s), that is, sediment.

   […] the Wash of the Dung runs into this Pond, and thickens it to that degree, that many have wondered how the Cattle could drink such grouty, black, stinking Water, full of Lice, Worms, Bugs, and other Insects.

   1746, William Ellis, Agriculture improv'd: or, The practice of husbandry display'd, page 74

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   Stew no longer than the meat is thoroughly done to eat, and you will obtain excellent broth, without depriving the meat of its nutritious succulence : to boil it to rags, as is the common practice, will not enrich your broths, but make them thick and grouty.

   1830, William Kitchiner, The Cook's Oracle and Housekeeper's Manual, page 193

comparative groutier · superlative groutiest

1. Northern USAngry or surly, sulky.

   How easy to be kind and pleasant: how uncomfortable to be rude and grouty!

   1888, New Englander and Yale Review, volume 48, page 33

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   You better go down to your company, or that long-nosed Englishwoman'll get even groutier than she is.

   1948, Anya Seton, The Hearth and Eagle

   Amanda was fuming. […] But then, the telltale grappling and stumble step backward—thump—against the wall, which braced them through the ensuing make-out moment, however brief, until the grouty girl could be heard cooing with pleasure.

   2003, Diane Ayres, Other Girls, page 390

   Though I suppose if you've no one to love but a grouty old mother, you don't have the worry and fear for your menfolk heavy on you, Mercy conceded.

   2005, Evelyn Richardson, Desired Haven, page 3

2. Northern USLowering; threatening to rain or storm.
3. Turbid as with liquor.