Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Word of the Day: Gruntled

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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adjective 1. Pleased, satisfied, and contented.
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English, 1930s
Why This Word?
What's a good antonym for "disgruntled"? "Happy"? Not descriptive enough. At least that's what someone in the 1930s must have thought when they came up with "gruntled" as a back-formation of "gruntled." A back-formation is the creation of a new word, usually by removing a prefix or suffix, from an already existing one. ...
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