Definitions For Grue

Etymology 1

From Middle English gruen, probably from {{bor, en, gml, gruwen}} or {{bor, en, dum, gruwen}} (compare w:dutch language, dutch gruwen), both from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *grūwijaną}}.

Verb

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

Translations

shudder

Noun

GRUE (plural GRUEs) A shiver, a shudder.

Translations

shudder

Etymology 2

{{back-form, en, gruesome}}.

Noun

GRUE (uncountable) Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts. : The butcher was covered in the accumulated grue of a hard day's work : There was grue everywhere after the accident

Etymology 3

Probably from gruesome; first used in {{w, Jack Vance}}'s w:dying earth, dying earth universe in the 1940s, but popularized by the text-based computer game w:zork, zork in 1980.

Noun

GRUE (plural GRUEs) A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

Etymology 4

green, blue. coined by {{w, nelson goodman}} to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science.

Adjective

(not comparable) (philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time. (linguistics) green, green or blue, as a translation from languages such as welsh that do not distinguish between these hues.

Translations

Dutch: bloen German: blün Greek: πρασινογάλαζος, m Portuguese: verzul, verul Chinese: : Mandarin: 青, sc=Hani Dutch: bloen German: blün Greek: πρασινογάλαζος, m Guaraní: hovy Japanese: 青い, tr=aoi, sc=Jpan Kaingang: tánh Korean: 푸르다, sc=Kore Lakota: tȟó Mopan Maya: yaʼax Old Tupi: obý Portuguese: verzul, verul Russian: зи́ний, m {{qualifier, цвет}} Thai: เขียว Vietnamese: xanh Welsh: {{t-needed, cy}}

Etymology 5

Noun

GRUE (uncountable) (slang) nutraloaf, nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.

See also

aquamarine bleen blue-green turquoise w:distinguishing_blue_from_green_in_language, wikipedia article on grue

Anagrams

Guer., Ruge, geru, regu, urge