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Are you a P.G. Wodehouse fan? Here’s an excerpt from his book “The Code of the Woosters” (1938):”I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” If that’s your inspiration, could you mention the book?
No, somehow I haven’t read any Wodehouse. Just a coincidence! Either “great minds think alike”, or “fools seldom differ” 🙂
Not to ruin the joke or anything, but “disgruntled” is left over from a form of English modifier where “dis-” would intensify an already-negative term; to be “gruntled” was to be angered/upset to the point of grunting/grumbling.
Actually, it isn’t; “gruntled” is a back-formation meaning “happy”.
Merriam-Webster has some fun things to say about “gruntled”: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gruntle 🙂
Ah, yes, thank you!