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单词 grueller
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gruellern.

/ˈɡruːələ/
Etymology: < gruel n., gruel v. + -er suffix1.
1. One who feeds on gruel; a name given to a particular set of Oxford students in 17th cent. Obsolete.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities
son?c1550
Bibler1569
round cap1572
batteler1604
fellow commoner1614
gentleman-commoner1614
primar1642
Bible-clerk1650
Harry-Sopha1661
hodman1677
nobleman1682
seconder1684
grueller1691
ternar1698
tuft1755
red gowna1774
ten-year-man1816
prick-bill1818
bear1828
martinet1831
sheep1865
trotter1883
skiver1884
hall-reader1886
sign-off1902
night climber1937
techie1969
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 616 He..and other students..feeding on thin broth, made of Oatmeal and water only, they were commonly called Grewellers.
1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 8 Oct. (O.H.S.) II. 140 Here they had Prayers, and this deform'd old Maid [Elizabeth Hampton]..made them water Gruell, whence they were call'd the sect of ye Gruellers.
2. colloquial. A poser, settler, floorer. Cf. gruel v. 1.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem
knotc1000
a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450
dark, hard sentence1535
nut1540
Gordian knot1579
nodus1728
teaser1759
stumper1807
Chinese puzzlec1815
facer1828
sticker1849
grueller1856
stumbler1863
twister1879
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun]
riddleOE
purposec1350
problema1382
propositiona1382
conclusion1393
divinailc1430
opposal?a1439
riddling?c1475
wordc1480
why1532
dark, hard sentence1535
enigma1539
remblere1599
puzzlement1646
gripha1652
puzzler1651
riddlemy riddlemy1652
puzzle1655
crux1718
teaser1759
puzzleation1767
conundrum1790
poser1793
riddle-me-ree1805
stumper1807
tickler1825
sticker1849
brain-teaser1850
grueller1856
question mark1870
brain-twister1878
skull-buster1926
mind-bender1968
1856 Kingsley Let. T. Hughes in Alt. Locke (1881) I. Pref. Mem. 65 But this £25 of his is a grueller.
3. A ‘gruelling’ race or contest.
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1876 Coursing Cal. 21 Harpist, in an awful grueller, was nearly always in front.
1876 Coursing Cal. 97 Gay Lad, after his grueller of this morning, could not run well.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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