Gruntulous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Full of grunts; expressed with grunts.

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From grunt + -ulous.

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