Main Entry:

Gloomy Gus

Pronunciation:

\-ˈgəs\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Gloomy Gus·es also Gloomy Gus·ses

Usage:

often not capitalized 1st G

Etymology:

from a comic-strip character created by Frederick Burr Opper †1937 American cartoonist

Date:

1904

: a person who is habitually gloomy