• Grot

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -É’t

    Origin 1

    From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.

    Full definition of grot

    Noun

    grot

    (plural grots)
    1. (poetic) A grotto.
      • 1819, John Keats, :She took me to her elfin grot,
        And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore,
        And there I shut her wild wild eyes
        With kisses four.

    Origin 2

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    Noun

    grot

    (countable and uncountable; plural grots)
    (British)
    1. (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
    2. (slang, countable) A miserable person.

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