groisen.

/ɡrɔɪz/

Forms: Also groize.

Etymology: Perhaps altered form of grease n. 5b.

Public School slang.

a. A hard worker, a swot; one who curries favour.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student

muzz1788

sap1798

sapper1825

swot1850

mug1880

mugger1883

mugster1888

groise1913

swotter1919

swotty1929

brain-box1942

mothball1944

geek1957

achiever1960

tug1976

poindexter1981

dexter1985

1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 37 ‘Are you a scholar?’.. ‘Yes, in history.’ ‘Oh, then you'll probably be in our form,’ said Cadby. ‘I suppose you're a horrid little groise?’

1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 130 Groize (Uppingham, 1930+), one who is over-efficient—e.g. a corps groize is one who tries to gain favour by his efficiency in the O.T.C.

b. Hard work.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > [noun] > diligent or hard study

studiousness1530

sapping1821

swot1850

grind1857

sapa1862

swotting1873

mugging1901

groise1913

1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 307 The whole time-table's altered... They try and make groise more amusing. You can choose your own line of sweat much more.

Derivatives

groise v. intransitive to work hard, to swot; to curry favour.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > study diligently or hard

porec1387

muzz?1744

sap1830

bone1832

to study up1846

mug1848

grind1855

swot1860

stew1866

swank1890

groise1913

1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 306 We all have to groise a lot harder than we used.

1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 130 Groise, to curry favour (Cheltenham, 1928+).

ˈgroiser n.

ΚΠ

1936 ‘I. Hay’ Housemaster 115 The School looked forward to it [sc. the Regatta] with strained anticipation from the first day of term,—oarsmen, cricketers, and groisers alike.

ˈgroising n.

ΚΠ

1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 311 ‘What's the old place coming to?’ ‘It's in a very bad way, I'm afraid. Why, groising is in a fair way to becoming fashionable.’ ‘Oh rot! I say, rot! You'll be telling me next that a man's keener on getting some bally scholarship than on getting his fez.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	groise
释义	groisen. /ɡrɔɪz/ Forms: Also groize. Etymology: Perhaps altered form of grease n. 5b. Public School slang. a. A hard worker, a swot; one who curries favour. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student muzz1788 sap1798 sapper1825 swot1850 mug1880 mugger1883 mugster1888 groise1913 swotter1919 swotty1929 brain-box1942 mothball1944 geek1957 achiever1960 tug1976 poindexter1981 dexter1985 1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 37 ‘Are you a scholar?’.. ‘Yes, in history.’ ‘Oh, then you'll probably be in our form,’ said Cadby. ‘I suppose you're a horrid little groise?’ 1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 130 Groize (Uppingham, 1930+), one who is over-efficient—e.g. a corps groize is one who tries to gain favour by his efficiency in the O.T.C. b. Hard work. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [noun] > diligent or hard study studiousness1530 sapping1821 swot1850 grind1857 sapa1862 swotting1873 mugging1901 groise1913 1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 307 The whole time-table's altered... They try and make groise more amusing. You can choose your own line of sweat much more. Derivatives groise v. intransitive to work hard, to swot; to curry favour. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > study diligently or hard porec1387 muzz?1744 sap1830 bone1832 to study up1846 mug1848 grind1855 swot1860 stew1866 swank1890 groise1913 1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 306 We all have to groise a lot harder than we used. 1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 130 Groise, to curry favour (Cheltenham, 1928+). ˈgroiser n. ΚΠ 1936 ‘I. Hay’ Housemaster 115 The School looked forward to it [sc. the Regatta] with strained anticipation from the first day of term,—oarsmen, cricketers, and groisers alike. ˈgroising n. ΚΠ 1913 A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 311 ‘What's the old place coming to?’ ‘It's in a very bad way, I'm afraid. Why, groising is in a fair way to becoming fashionable.’ ‘Oh rot! I say, rot! You'll be telling me next that a man's keener on getting some bally scholarship than on getting his fez.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1913
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