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grue
Definition of grue
-ed/-ing/-s
now chiefly dialectal
: to shiver or shudder especially with fear or cold exposed to the gruesome so extensively … we simply don't grue any more — John Crosby
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Origin and Etymology of grue
from earlier grow, from Middle English gruen, growen, probably from Middle Dutch grūwen; akin to Old High German ingrūēn to shiver, shudder, and probably to Old English grēot sand
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Definition of grue
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1 : a fit of shivering : shiver the sound of wind in the rigging … gave him the chills and the grues — R. B. Robertson impossible to read without a certain cold grue — S. V. Benét
2 : gruesome quality or effect a mystery novel … resolved with true grue — Anthony Boucher serves the chilliest grue with perfect elegance — J. S. Sandoe
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Origin and Etymology of grue
Middle English
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Origin and Etymology of grue
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