Dictionary

gruntulous en · ADJ

Etymology

From grunt + -ulous.

Meanings

1. Of a sound, resembling a grunt; gruntlike.
   • We crawled, as it seemed, a long time before we saw either Selenite or mooncalf, though we heard the bellowing and gruntulous noises of these latter continually drawing nearer to us. 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter XI, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC, page 115:
2. Full of grunts; expressed with grunts.
   • […] he walked about the garden or stood in gruntulous meditation before the fire, none daring to interrupt his cogitations by a whisper. 1941, Robert Greenwood, Mr. Bunting in Peace and War, page 247:
   • Back at the shanty, Bradly's compunction for bellowing at Podson was a good deal relieved by Podson's gruntulous annoyance at being bellowed at. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 93:

Forms

Relateds

gruntingly · gruntlike · grunt