grutch
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grutch
- /ɡɹʌt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ʌtʃ
Where it comes from
The verb is from Middle English grucchen (attested since c. 1200), from Old French grouchier (“to grumble”), of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic, and likely of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Frankish *grōtijan (“to accuse, yell at, make cry, scold”). The noun is from Middle English grucche, from the verb; it is attested since about 1400. See also grudge, grouch, grouse.
verb grutches · grutching · grutched · gruch
- To murmur, complain. "But I am a man who may grutch and grumble, but when I have set my face to do a thing I will not turn my back upon it until it be done."
- To grudge. But that their natures bad appeard in both: For both did at their second Sister grutch
noun grutches · gruch
- A complaint. In it he melted lead for bullets, To shoot at foes, and sometimes pullets; To whom he bore so fell a grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t' any such.
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noun complaint
| Русский | оби́да obída |
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title = {grutch},
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