2006-06-23 13:18:53 · 14 answers · asked by stankbref101 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You bring up a very good point. I laughed at this question and had to google it...here's what I found...
And are you gruntled yet? The "dis" of disgruntled is not the same as the "dis" of "dismayed." It means "completely", and so "gruntled," just as it sounds, is an old word that means "grumbling." Today, however, "gruntled" has found its way into dictionaries as a word in its own right. If you look at the origin, you will see that it gives "gruntled" as a back-formation from "disgruntled." People assumed that "disgruntled" was a negative and invented the word "gruntled." Similar back-formations add new words to the English dictionary every year. One of the most well-known as a back-formation is "edit, " which arose because the word "editor" sounds as if it should mean "one who edits."
2006-06-23 13:21:13 · answer #1 · answered by Christy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Dictionary.com, yes!
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Gruntle
2006-06-23 13:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by johnnyinsnj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe so, and here's what webster's has to say about "gruntled":
Main Entry: grun·tle
Pronunciation: 'gr&n-t&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): grun·tled; grun·tling /'gr&nt-li[ng], 'gr&n-t&l-i[ng]/
Etymology: back-formation from disgruntle
: to put in a good humor
2006-06-23 13:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by kathy059 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha i guess you are a gruntled employee!
2006-06-23 13:20:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and you may be close to GRY. That is the apparent back root of angry, hungry and maugry, the three words ending in -gry that gave college kids so much fun when they first applied search computer programs to their desktop dictionaries.
(These words were common before spelling standardisation, so maugry may have different first syllable spellings.)
2006-06-23 13:59:54 · answer #5 · answered by fata minerva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!! you are SO gruntled.
2006-06-23 13:28:16 · answer #6 · answered by someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess so! lol
I like my job too, I think that makes us the minority.
2006-06-23 13:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by MissCan'tBeWrong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, just makes you darn lucky...But, since you may not be overwhelmed with this answer....does it mean that you are simply "whelmed"??
2006-06-23 17:46:21 · answer #8 · answered by mistress of the obscure 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it makes you the ab of normal.
2006-06-23 13:22:26 · answer #9 · answered by zeus_daughter2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cute!
2006-06-23 13:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by Maken trax 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋