malagrugrous
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prettygoodwordmalagrugrous (mal-uh-GROO-grus) - (Scot., rare) adj., grim, dismal, melancholy.
A colorful Scottish word. Origin uncertain, despite some claims that it might be from a Gaelic (possibly even Irish) phrase meaning wrinkle-browed -- compare grugous/grugeous, meaning grim/surly, where the mala- part in this case seems likely to mean bad, and alagrugous, grim/sour/woebegone.
---L.
A colorful Scottish word. Origin uncertain, despite some claims that it might be from a Gaelic (possibly even Irish) phrase meaning wrinkle-browed -- compare grugous/grugeous, meaning grim/surly, where the mala- part in this case seems likely to mean bad, and alagrugous, grim/sour/woebegone.
---L.
