Date:  Thu, 4 May 1995 13:12:07 -0500

From:  Katherine Catmull <kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BGA.COM>

Subject: Re: negatives and positives



On Thu, 4 May 1995, David Muschell wrote:



> Seriously, were there ever such words? Thanks for the "apt" reference on

> inept, Anton.



I believe there was a word "gruntled," which meant essentially the same

thing that "disgruntled" means now. Apparently the "dis" was added as an

intensifier--boy, he's _really_ gruntled.



But I suppose I ought to check my OED to verify this.



Kate Catmull              kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com