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Eponyms from fiction

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grobian
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PRONUNCIATION:

(GROH-bee-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: A coarse, buffoonish person.

ETYMOLOGY:

From German Grobian (boor, lout), a fictional patron saint of boorish and vulgar people, from German grob (coarse, vulgar). In Latin, Grobianus. Earliest documented use: 1621.

USAGE:

“I’m basically a loudmouth grobian who’d rather guffaw than grimace.”
Jim Macnie; Solid Sender; Down Beat (Chicago, Illinois); May 2000.

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