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grossology

noun

Etymology

From gross + -ology, invented by the writer Sylvia Branzei as a title of her 1992 non-fiction children’s book Grossology.

  1. derived from grossus — “big, fat, thick”
  2. derived from gros
  3. inherited from gros
  4. suffixed as grossology — “gross + ology”

Definitions

  1. The study of things that are indelicate or gross.

    • Dad's been a big proponent of the grossology trend in science museums: meaning he creates exhibits about things like boogers and farts. It's a little too much for me, but Dad loves it.
    • Welcome to the world of yuck, or what the academic world calls grossology.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grossology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA