Pronounced: ex-POST, adj/adv
Notes: I could not quite define this phrase correctly
Yesterday’s word
The word gruntle means “to put in a good humor”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
You probably got the definition right if you thought of “disgruntle” (to make ill-humored). That word has been around since the late 1600s and never had an opposite until writers tried (supposedly humorously) to create an opposite for it. I knew that our word existed, but I didn’t realize how much time there was between the two words.
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