Definition of Gruffnesses

1. gruffness [n] - See also: gruffness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruffnesses

gruf
grufe
grufes
gruff
gruffed
gruffer
gruffest
gruffier
gruffiest
gruffily
gruffiness
gruffing
gruffish
gruffly
gruffness
gruffnesses (current term)
gruffs
gruffy
gruft
grufted
grugru
grugru nut
grugru palm
grugru worm
grugru worms
grugrus
gruiform
gruing
gruit
gruits

Literary usage of Gruffnesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1887)
"... gruffnesses, comes out more attractively than might have been expected, without much of gloss or varnish, which the customs and the flatteries of courts ..."

2. From Ponkapog to Pesth by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1888)
"... been blown up by a steam-boiler explosion on some previous trip on the river. They played a very doleful tune ; full of unaccountable gruffnesses and ..."

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