grumness

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noun

The quality of being grum (morose or sullen).

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Meanings

noungrumness (uncountable)
  1. archaicrareuncountableThe quality of being grum (morose or sullen).

    Hor. Well, Jack, by thy long abſence from the Town, the grumneſs of thy countenance, and the ſlovenlyneſs of thy habit; I ſhou'd give thee joy, ſhou'd I not, of Marriage?

    1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 8

Origin

From grum + -ness.

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