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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
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