† grotn.1
Obsolete.
A fragment, particle, atom. every grot = every whit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount > a jot
cornc888
grotc888
prickleOE
prickOE
pointc1300
grain1377
hair1377
motec1390
twynt1399
mitec1400
tarec1405
drop1413
ace?1440
tittlea1450
whita1450
jot1526
Jack1530
plack1530
farthingc1540
minima1585
scintil1599
atom1626
scintillation1650
punct1653
doit1660
scintilla1674
rap1792
haet1802
dottle1808
smiggot1823
hooter1839
heartbeat1855
pick1866
filament1868
hoot1878
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a particle
grotc888
crumba1387
motec1390
particlea1398
pointa1400
specka1400
atomy1584
moment1594
dust1597
pickle1604
mite1605
atom1626
iota1636
ramentum1658
bodikin1668
part1669
dustling1674
scintilla1674
minim1686
fleck1753
molecule1799
heartbeat1855
particule1889
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxv. §1 Hu mæg þonne ænig man rihtwislice..acsigan, gif he nan grot rihtwisnesse on him næfð.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 191 Of al þe brade eorðe ne moste he habben agrot forto deiȝen upon.
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 Iteilede draken..to cheoweð ham euch greot.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 472 Of bothen he karf on two here throtes, And sithen hem al to grotes.
a1330 Roland & V. 786 Now ich wot, Ȝour cristen lawe eueri grot.
c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Prol. 28 I shal hym quiten euery grot.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum iii. xli. (Tollem. MS.) Atthomis a litill þinge, as it were, of þe grotis in þe Sonne beme.
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles Prol. 35 Not to grucchen a grott aȝeine godis sonde.
c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 622) 608 Ac on Ionas fel vche grot.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2071 Hys eyen, hys nose, and hys throte, Thay fyldan wit golde every grote.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† grotn.2
Obsolete.
Weeping, lamentation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun]
wopOE
reminga1200
weepingc1200
weepc1275
dolec1290
greetinga1300
greeta1325
grota1325
teara1340
tear1377
lachrymation?1530
gree?1567
waterworks1634
pipation1656
fletion1716
piping1779
ploration1828
blarting1898
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) 3737.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2289 After ðat grot he weis is wliten, And cam ðan in and bad hem eten.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1978 Long grot and sorge is him bi-tid.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1577 Grot sal bi-cumen, And wreche of iacob sal binumen.
a1400 St. Alexius 570 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 187 His wife kome þan wiþ sorowfull late Wiþ goulinge & wiþ rewfull grate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
grotn.3
/ɡrɒt/, U.S. /ɡrɑt/ Now only poetic.
1. † b. A crypt under a church. Obsolete.
a. = grotto n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave > grotto
grot1511
grotto1617
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xi There we lay in the same grotte or Caue Frydaye all day vpon the bare stynkynge Stable grounde.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Grotta, a grot, a cave, a den, a caverne.
1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Serres Gen. Inventorie Hist. France (1611) 1030 To shew him his buildings, his Grots or Caues, and his Chases.
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική Ep. Ded. 23 They who for their security runne into grots and cellars.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 290 Entring into the Grotte of Paulisipus, we found it to be about forty foot high.
1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 113 In his Palace or Castle of Heidelburg are divers things remarkable, viz. the Grotes and Water-works.
1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxxvi. 143 Near those Buildings of everlasting continuance there are also some Grotts or Caves.
1753 S. Johnson Adventurer No. 108. ⁋5 A natural grot shaded with myrtles.
a1755 Shenstone in Dodsley Coll. Poems (1755) IV. 351 Here in cool grot and mossy cell We rural fayes and faeries dwell.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxviii. 117 Mermaid's alabaster grot.
1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxii. 192 She and Harold would rest while I did the honours of the fern grots to my companion.
1958 R. Liddell Morea ii. i. 45 On the plain there is a spring of excellent water, which comes here underground from the grot of Hermes.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > crypt > [noun]
undercroft1395
crowd1399
vaultc1400
shrouds1550
crypta1563
crypt1583
grot1658
1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 441 Her Majesty, when she had ador'd the most holy Sacrament, went down into the grots below the Church.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 44 I got leaue to go downe into the Grotte vnder this Church.
2. = grotto n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > grotto or alcove
grotto1625
grotc1660
shell-housec1660
alcove1663
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 41 We..went to visite the Hoff, or Princes-Court, with the adjoyning Gardens, which were full of..Grotts, Fountaines, and artificiall Musique.
1693 C. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vii. 133 Lucan..may lye at ease In costly Grots, and marble Palaces.
1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 24 June in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 106 You may be secure in your grott from all intruders, and see your Shrubbery prosper unmolested.
1764 Oxford Sausage 60 Fresh Shade and Vale No more to visit, or vine-mantled Grot.
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 366 The Baron is blind to a beauteous day, If it beam in my Lady's grot.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iii. 18 He opened a cool grot at the end of the yard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
grotn.4adj.1
/ɡrɒt/, U.S. /ɡrɑt/ = grotesque n. 3, grotesque adj. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > type face or font > sans serif
sanserif1830
Doric1857
grotesque1875
sans1927
grot1961
1961 SIA Jrnl. Sept. 6/2 Typography..is dominated by a particular sort of sans-serif letter, the ‘grotesque’... It is useful to examine this dictatorship of the grot.
1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin i. 11 He sipped..tea from an antique Meissen cup; around mine it said ‘British Railways S.R.’ in brown grot letters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
grotn.5
/ɡrɒt/, U.S. /ɡrɑt/ slang.
1. British and Australian. An unpleasant, dirty, or ugly person.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun]
mesela1400
scabbardc1440
slotterbugc1440
drivel1498
sow1508
wallydraigle?a1513
sloven1530
filthy1553
ketterela1572
slabberer1611
slubberdegullion1612
Grobian1621
slabberdegullion1653
slobber-chops1670
slate1718
haverel1720
slobberer1732
slummock1760
fleabag1805
slush1825
slob1876
trashbag1887
crumb1918
garbage can1925
hog1932
crud1940
sordid1959
grot1970
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person
hog's face1578
kex1619
troll1697
singed cat1836
ogre1843
plug-ugly1862
partan-face1895
bad looker1898
snout-face1923
Mr Potato Head1952
mieskeit1968
fuglya1970
grot1970
minger1992
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant person
let-gamec1374
displeaser1641
troll1697
spoil-sport1801
pill1865
foul ball1918
Scrooge1940
slag1943
grinch1966
grot1970
knob jockey1989
1970 ‘B. Mather’ Break in Line v. 56 This other grot came back and took the order over.
1980 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Apr. 4/3 If you look like a grot, you'll never get a flat. If you sleep on a beach you look like a grot.
1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 139 I'm no shy, I'm going topless on the beach anyways, I just hope I get a real honeybunch not some grot, says Lanna.
2000 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 1 Dec. 32 The two limp-wristed grots have to put up with Mum and Dad going at it like Trojans all night in the room next door.
2. British. Rubbish, dirt, grime. Also: filthiness, grottiness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun]
foulnessOE
uncleannessOE
filthheadc1300
foulhead1340
filtha1425
filthiness?c1425
horynessc1425
uncleanliness1502
immundicity?1541
filthhood1582
dirtiness1607
slovenliness1617
muckiness1676
turpitude1684
muck1766
dirt1774
grot1971
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun]
wrakea1350
outcastingc1350
rammel1370
rubble1376
mullockc1390
refusec1390
filtha1398
outcasta1398
chaff?a1400
rubbishc1400
wastec1430
drossc1440
raff?1440
rascal1440
murgeonc1450
wrack1472
gear1489
garblec1503
scowl1538
raffle1543
baggage1549
garbage1549
peltry1550
gubbins?1553
lastage1553
scruff1559
retraict1575
ross1577
riddings1584
ket1586
scouring1588
pelf1589
offal1598
rummage1598
dog's meat1606
retriment1615
spitling1620
recrement1622
mundungus1637
sordes1640
muskings1649
rejectament1654
offscouring1655
brat1656
relicts1687
offage1727
litter1730
rejectamenta1795
outwale1825
detritus1834
junk1836
wastements1843
croke1847–78
sculch1847
debris1851
rumble1854
flotsam1861
jetsam1861
pelt1880
offcasting1893
rubbishry1894
littering1897
muckings1898
wastage1898
dreck1905
bruck1929
crap1934
garbo1953
clobber1965
dooky1965
grot1971
tippings-
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun]
gorec725
horeeOE
filthOE
foulnessOE
dirta1300
gallc1400
ordurec1400
foulinga1425
harlotry1439
muck1440
noisance1473
horeness1495
vileness1495
naughtiness1533
vility1540
bawdiness1552
vildness1597
snottery1598
soilage1598
sordidity1600
soil?1605
sluttery1607
nastiness1611
bawdry1648
sords1653
crott1657
feculence1662
nast1789
clart1808
schmutz1838
crap1925
grunge1965
gunge1969
grot1971
spooge1987
1971 Civil Service Motoring Sept. 31/2 Old cars, when the insides of their radiator may be coated with a couple of decades' worth of grot, overheat far more readily.
1982 J. Wain Young Shoulders vi. 107 This place, the tawdriness, the awful mound of grot it all is, stands between me and feeling anything.
1992 Independent 19 Jan. 19/3 Glamour posing as grot is a fine spectator sport.
2002 Stationary Engine Mag. July 15/1 I always used to scrape and chisel the worst of any adhering grot off mine simply to find out what was underneath in case it was going to be a waste of time before I started.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
grotadj.2
/ɡrɒt/, U.S. /ɡrɑt/ slang.
= grotty adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adjective]
blackOE
rotea1382
lousyc1386
unwashed?a1390
fulsomec1390
filthy?c1400
rankc1400
leprousa1425
sicka1425
miry1532
shitten?1545
murrain1575
obscene1597
vicious1597
ketty1607
putrid1628
putredinous1641
foede1657
fulsamic1694
carrion1826
foul1842
shitty1879
scabrous1880
scummy1932
pukey1933
shitting1950
gungy1962
grungy1965
shithouse1966
grot1967
bogging1973
1967 Sun 22 Feb. 6/6 [Teenage terms] Grot, from grotty, itself derived from grotesque.
1983 Listener 11 Aug. 14/1 What with grot hotels..and general anxiety, I had not had what I would call a meal since leaving Khartoum.
1985 Times 3 Sept. 8/2 A new film can be ‘totally brilliant’ or ‘totally grot’.
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n.31511
n.4adj.11961n.51970adj.21967