grumous

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adjective

Resembling grume; thick and lumpy; soft and semisolid

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coagulatecoagulatedcurdledgrumosethick
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Meanings

adjectivegrumous (comparative more grumous, superlative most grumous)

comparative more grumous · superlative most grumous

  1. Resembling grume; thick and lumpy; soft and semisolid

    The emergency room was filled with people bleeding. Grumous battlers with misshapen heads.

    1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetransformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

Similar
coagulatecoagulatedcurdledgrumosethick
Also see
coagulatecoagulatedcurdledgrumosemushypulpyslushy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From grume + -ous.

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Translations

Czech hustý, sražený
  • hustýthick and lumpy
  • sraženýthick and lumpy
  • hlenovitýthick and lumpy
Cite this entry
APA

grumous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grumous

MLA

“grumous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grumous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grumous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grumous.

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