Grumness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being grum (morose or sullen). archaic, rare, uncountable

    "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?"

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dejectionmelancholymoodinesssurliness

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"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?"

Etymology

From grum + -ness.

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