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grumbletonian|grʌmb(ə)lˈtəʊnɪən|
[f. grumble v., in imitation of Muggletonian and Grindletonian, names of religious sects in the 17th c.]
†1. A contemptuous designation applied in the latter part of the 17th c. to the members of the so-called ‘Country Party’ in English politics, who were accused by the ‘Court party’ of being actuated by dissatisfied personal ambition; hence in later times applied to supporters of the Opposition.
1690Andros Tracts I. 206 The great Sect of Grumbletonians in the Countrey whom nothing will satisfie. 1721Ramsay Prospect Plenty v, Straight a grumbletonian appears. a1791Grose Olio (1796) 3 With respect to politics, I am a staunch Opposition-man and Grumbletonian. 1838Fraser's Mag. XVIII. 379 Quite as cracked as any grumbletonian could possibly be. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 299 Those who were sometimes nicknamed the Grumbletonians and sometimes honoured with the appellation of the Country party.
attrib.1690Dryden Amphitryon 1, No more of your grumbletonian morals, brother; there's preferment coming. 1705E. Ward Hud. Rediv. i. i. 19 All the Grumbletonian Throng Did with such Violence rush along. 1731Gentl. Mag. I. 345 Last Saturday one of the Grumbletonian Writers stole the Hint.
2. A grumbler.
1773Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. i. ii, Father-in-law has been calling me whelp and hound this half year. Now, if I pleased I could be so revenged upon the old grumbletonian. 1806R. Cumberland Mem. (1807) I. 181 The sullenness of a Grumbletonian. 1864Auld Ayr 77 Her old grumbletonian of a husband.
transf.1830Blackw. Mag. XXVII. 423/1 Playing on that eternal grumbletonian, the unhappy violoncello. |