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Oct 29, 2019
This week’s themeEponyms from fiction
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Sinon
grobian
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PRONUNCIATION:
(GROH-bee-uhn) 
MEANING:
noun: A coarse, buffoonish person.
ETYMOLOGY:
From German Grobian (boor, lout), a fictional patron saint of boorish and vulgar people, from German grob (coarse, vulgar). In Latin, Grobianus. Earliest documented use: 1621.
USAGE:
“I’m basically a loudmouth grobian who’d rather guffaw than grimace.”
Jim Macnie; Solid Sender; Down Beat (Chicago, Illinois); May 2000.
Jim Macnie; Solid Sender; Down Beat (Chicago, Illinois); May 2000.
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