grumness
(ˈgrʌmnɪs)
[f. grum a. + -ness.]
The quality of being ‘grum’.
| 1675 Wycherley Country Wife i. (1675) 11 Well, Jack, by thy long absence from the Town, the grumness of thy countenance, and the slovenlyness of thy habit; I shou'd give thee joy, shou'd I not, of Marriage? 1842 J. F. Cooper Jack o' Lantern I. 155 The English peculiarity of grumness. |