variants
or gloomy Gus
plural Gloomy Guses or gloomy Guses also Gloomy Gusses or gloomy Gusses
: a person who is habitually gloomy
Word History
Etymology
from a comic-strip character created by Frederick Burr Opper †1937 American cartoonist
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
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“Gloomy Gus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gloomy%20Gus. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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