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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: be gruntled #107530 07/13/2003 6:55 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 What sa[ith] the OED about gruntled? The most applicable definition for gruntle is: To grumble, murmur, complain The definition given by M-W for gruntle is a modern back-formation from disgruntle assuming the more common negating meaning of dis-. The dis- in disgruntle would be the intensive rather than the negating dis-. Gruntle is grunt plus the frequentative ending -le See also http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=weeklythemes&Number=107926 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted be gruntled WhitmanO'Neill 07/13/2003 4:38 PM Re: be gruntled maahey 07/13/2003 4:44 PM Re: be gruntled Wordwind 07/13/2003 5:30 PM Re: be gruntled Faldage 07/13/2003 6:55 PM Re: be gruntled tsuwm 07/13/2003 11:48 PM Re: be gruntled Zed 07/16/2003 11:37 PM Re: be gruntled Bingley 07/17/2003 4:42 AM Re: PG Wodehouse tsuwm 07/17/2003 12:07 PM Re: aphesis WhitmanO'Neill 07/18/2003 4:36 AM Re: mantle peace maverick 07/18/2003 6:24 PM Re: unpaired negatives maahey 07/19/2003 1:34 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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