Definition of Grume

1. Noun. A thick viscous liquid.

Generic synonyms: Liquid
Derivative terms: Grumous

2. Noun. A semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells.
Exact synonyms: Blood Clot
Generic synonyms: Blood
Derivative terms: Grumous

Definition of Grume

1. n. A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.

Definition of Grume

1. Noun. A thick semisolid ¹

2. Noun. A clot (of blood) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grume

1. a thick, viscid substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Grume

1. A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Origin: OF. Grume, cf. F. Grumeau a little heap, clot of blood, dim. Fr. L. Grumus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grume

gruits
grullo
grum
grumantite
grumble
grumbled
grumbler
grumblers
grumbles
grumblier
grumbliest
grumbling
grumblingly
grumblings
grumbly
grume (current term)
grumes
grumiplucite
grumly
grummel
grummer
grummest
grummet
grummeted
grummeting
grummets
grumness
grumose
grumous
grump

Literary usage of Grume

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

1. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by John Payne Collier (1865)
"... confidence in the text there offered: on the very second page we have lookes substituted for " bookes," and on the next leaf but one grume is misprinted ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Roquefort gives OF grume!, 'pelote, peloton;' dimin. of grume, ... The derivation of the E. word from grume, often used as synonymous with grain, ..."

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