gruntulous

English

Etymology

grunt +‎ -ulous

Adjective

gruntulous (comparative more gruntulous, superlative most gruntulous)

1. Of a sound, resembling a grunt; gruntlike.
   • 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter XI, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC, page 115:

     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. Full of grunts; expressed with grunts.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 93:

     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.

   • 1941, Robert Greenwood, Mr. Bunting in Peace and War, page 247:

     […] he walked about the garden or stood in gruntulous meditation before the fire, none daring to interrupt his cogitations by a whisper.

Related terms

• grunt
• gruntingly
• gruntlike

Translations

gruntlike — see gruntlike