GRUE

Etymology 1

Verb

grue (third-person singular simple present grues, present participle gruing, simple past and past participle grued)

(intransitive, archaic) To be frightened; to shudder with fear.

Noun

grue (plural grues)

A shiver, a shudder.

Etymology 2

Noun

grue (uncountable)

Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.

Etymology 3

Noun

grue (plural grues)

A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

Etymology 4

Adjective

grue (not comparable)

(philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.

(linguistics) Green or blue, as a translation from languages such as Welsh that do not distinguish between these hues.

Etymology 5

Noun

grue (uncountable)

(slang) Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.

Anagrams

• Guer., Ruge, geru, regu, urge

Source: Wiktionary



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