grumness

English

Etymology

From grum +‎ -ness.

Noun

grumness (uncountable)

The quality of being grum.
- 1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 8:
  Hor. Well, Jack, by thy long abſence from the Town, the grumneſs of thy countenance, and the ſlovenlyneſs of thy habit; I ſhou'd give thee joy, ſhou'd I not, of Marriage?

References

“grumness”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“grumness, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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