Adjective: grouty
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | groutier |
| Superlative | groutiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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[…] 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. [1746, William Ellis, Agriculture improv'd: or, The practice of husbandry display'd, page 74:]
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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. [1830, William Kitchiner, The Cook's Oracle and Housekeeper's Manual, page 193:]
Adjectives inflected like grouty
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English grout
3. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
4. Proto-Germanic *-gaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *-g
6. Old English -iġ
7. Middle English -y
8. English -y
9. English grouty
10. From grout + -y.