gross

adj.large, fat
adj.whole
adj.crude, vulgar
adj.obvious, apparent
nountotal, whole
verbbring in as total

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abnormal

adjective. different from standard or norm

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "large;" early 15c., "coarse, plain, simple," from Old French gros "big, thick, fat, tall, pregnant; coarse, rude, awkward; ominous, important; arrogant" (11c.), from Late Latin grossus "thick, coarse (of food or mind)," of obscure origin, not in classical Latin. Said to be unrelated to Latin crassus, which meant the same thing, or to German gross "large," but said by Klein to be cognate with Old Irish bres, Middle Irish bras "big." Its meaning forked in English to "glaring, flagrant, monstrous" (1580s) on the one hand and "entire, total, whole" (early 15c.) on the other. Meaning "disgusting" is first recorded 1958 in U.S. student slang, from earlier use as an intensifier of unpleasant things (gross stupidity, etc.). Earlier "coarse in behavior or manners" (1530s) and, of things, "inferior, common" (late 15c.). Gross national product first recorded 1947.

Example Sentences forgross

To expect the material from Him is to make Him gross, and to become gross ourselves.

Judge them not by the gross and heavy form in which they now appear.

Aggie sniffed vehemently in rebuke of the gross partiality of fate in his behalf.

The tall son of Hanover was lean of flesh, but gross in muscle.

At the door she met a bluff, big man, gross from head to foot.

My anger and disgust at his gross earthy egoism had vanished.

Barbara, in her Red Gross uniform, is quiet and resourceful.

I am not sure that views as gross and material are not often held by people who ought to be wiser.

But a view of the town is one of the surest rules for a gross estimate.

He lacked words to express his sense of so gross an outrage.

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