Grotty vs Grouty - What's the difference?
grotty | grouty |
(slang, British, Canada, Australia, NZ) unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive
Full of grout(s), that is, sediment.
* 1746 , William Ellis, Agriculture improv'd: or, The practice of husbandry display'd , page 74:
* 1830 , William Kitchiner, The Cook's Oracle and Housekeeper's Manual , page 193:
Angry or surly, sulky.
* 1888 , in the New Englander and Yale Review , volume 48, page 33:
* 2003 , Diane Ayres, Other Girls , page 390:
* 2005 , Evelyn Richardson, Desired Haven , page 3:
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Turbid as with liquor.
As adjectives the difference between grotty and grouty
is that grotty is (slang|british|canada|australia|nz) unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive while grouty is full of grout(s), that is, sediment or grouty can be angry or surly, sulky.grotty
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(er)Synonyms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)grouty
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Etymology 1
.Adjective
(head)- the Wash of the Dung runs into this Pond, and thickens it to that degree, that many have wondered how the Cattle could drink such grouty , black, stinking Water, full of Lice, Worms, Bugs, and other Insects.
- Stew no longer than the meat is thoroughly done to eat, and you will obtain excellent broth, without depriving the meat of its nutritious succulence : to boil it to rags, as is the common practice, will not enrich your broths, but make them thick and grouty .
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin; compare grouchy .Adjective
(head)- How easy to be kind and pleasant: how uncomfortable to be rude and grouty !
- Amanda was fuming. But then, the telltale grappling and stumble step backward—thump—against the wall, which braced them through the ensuing make-out moment, however brief, until the grouty girl could be heard cooing with pleasure.
- Though I suppose if you've no one to love but a grouty old mother, you don't have the worry and fear for your menfolk heavy on you, Mercy conceded.