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gruntled — /grunˈtəld/ (facetious) adjective Happy, pleased, in good humour ORIGIN: Back formation from ↑disgruntled … Useful english dictionary
gruntled — adjective satisfied. He spoke with a certain what is it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. Ant: disgruntled … Wiktionary
gruntled — opp of disgruntled. To be content. A state of contentment. Happy or pleased … Dictionary of american slang
gruntled — opp of disgruntled. To be content. A state of contentment. Happy or pleased … Dictionary of american slang
gruntled — v. grunt repeatedly; pacify, cause someone to be in good spirits … English contemporary dictionary
gruntled — adjective humorous pleased; satisfied. Origin 1930s: back form. from disgruntled … English new terms dictionary
gruntle — transitive verb (gruntled; gruntling) Etymology: back formation from disgruntle Date: 1926 to put in a good humor < were gruntled with a good meal and good conversation W. P. Webb > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Back-formation — In etymology, back formation refers to the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new word ) by removing actual or supposed affixes. The resulting neologism is called a back formation , a term coined by James Murray [… … Wikipedia
List of English back-formations — Back formation refers to either the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new word ) by removing actual or supposed affixes, or to the neologism formed by such a process. Back formations are shortened words created from longer words … Wikipedia
gruntle — 1938, in gruntled pleased, satisfied, a back formation from DISGRUNTLED (Cf. disgruntled). The original verb (early 15c.) meant to utter a little or low grunt … Etymology dictionary
