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| From | Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english, sci.lang |
| Subject | Word of the day; "grumous". |
| Date | 2025-06-30 21:45 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <878ql92c2w.fsf@parhasard.net> (permalink) |
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This, and the related noun grume, are doctors’ (and in particular pathologists’) jargon for a blood clot or any viscous fluid or mass of fluid. but being aware of its existence in English may be helpful for those non-doctors who are familiar with French le grumeau (lump, clot) or Italian il grumo (clot (whether milk or blood)). It’s an unremarkable borrowing from late Latin, OED describes [ad. late L. grumus little heap, hillock;]. I can’t find any convincing further etymology beyond that. -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)
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Word of the day; "grumous". Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-06-30 21:45 +0100
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-07-01 03:31 +0000
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2025-07-01 19:29 +0000
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-07-02 06:58 +0100
Re: Word of the day; "grumous". DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-12 03:48 +0000
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