GROBIAN

PRONUNCIATION: (GROH-bee-uhn)

MEANING: noun: A coarse, buffoonish person.

ETYMOLOGY: From German Grobian (boor, lout), a fictional patron saint of boorish and vulgar people, from German grob (coarse, vulgar). In Latin, Grobianus. Earliest documented use: 1621.
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GROBEAN - what Jack the Giant Killer started with

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