grump

grump
grump "ill-humor," 1727, in humps and grumps "surly remarks," later the grumps "a fit of ill-humor" (1844), then "a person in ill humor" (1900); perhaps an extended sense of grum "morose, surly," which probably is related to Dan. grum "cruel;" or perhaps suggested by grumble, grunt, etc.

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