单词 | grummel |
释义 | grummeln. Obsolete exc. dialect. Mud, dregs, sediment. literal and figurative.‘In the Peak of Derbyshire still used, as is the Sw[edish] word, for “coffee-grounds”.’ ( N.E.D.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > sediment drastc1000 groundsa1340 ground-sopec1440 hovec1440 faecesa1475 groundingsa1475 fex1540 suds1548 grummel1558 foot1560 grout1697 sludge1702 faecula1815 1558–80 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes i. vi. 105 a That first and cheefly it [earth for casting] be fine and small, and in no wise rough, or full of grommelles. 1614 Bp. W. Cowper Dikaiologie 83 Let the auncient wals of our Church-gouernment stand, where they be decaied, let them be repaired, not with sand and grummell of promiscuall regiment. 1637 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 81 The grumbles and mud of their impatience and discontent beginneth to appear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1558 |
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