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grouchy

[grou-chee] Origin

grouch·y

[grou-chee]
adjective, grouch·i·er, grouch·i·est.
sullenly discontented; sulky; morose; ill-tempered.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; grouch + -y1

grouch·i·ly, adverb
grouch·i·ness, noun

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Grouchy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Grou·chy

[groo-shee]
noun
Em·ma·nu·el [e-ma-ny-el] , Marquis de, 1766–1847, French general.
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grouchy (ˈɡraʊtʃɪ)
 
adj , grouchier, grouchiest
informal bad-tempered; tending to complain; peevish
 
grouchily
 
adv
 
grouchiness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

grouchy
1895, of uncertain origin, possibly from grutching "complaint, grumbling" (see grudge). Grouch (n.) "ill-tempered person" is a 1900 back-formation. Grouch bag "purse for carrying hidden money" (1908) is the source of the nickname of U.S. comedian Julius "Groucho" Marx, who
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supposedly carried his money in one to poker games.
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