grog

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈɡrɑɡ/ UK /ˈɡrɒɡ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a drink of spirits, especially rum, diluted with water

The sailors were rationed a measure of grog each evening.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a drink of spirits,... liquor spirits drink tipple booze

Word family

Derived forms groggygroggery

Related forms groggerygroggy

Simplified etymology

Grog, recorded in the mid-18th century, is said to come from Old Grog, the reputed nickname of Admiral Vernon, who was so called because of his grogram cloak. In 1740 he ordered sailors to be served diluted rather than neat rum. Grogram itself comes from French gros grain, meaning “coarse grain.”

Etymology

Named after 'Old Grog', the nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon, who wore a grogram cloak and in 1740 ordered sailors' rum to be diluted with water; grogram itself is from French gros grain ('coarse grain').

Topics

Food & Drink

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# grog

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡrɑɡ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡrɒɡ/

## Meanings
1. a drink of spirits, especially rum, diluted with water

## Examples
- The sailors were rationed a measure of grog each evening.

## Synonyms
- liquor
- spirits
- drink
- tipple
- booze

## Derived Forms
- groggy
- groggery

## Related Forms
- groggery
- groggy

## Etymology
Named after 'Old Grog', the nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon, who wore a grogram cloak and in 1740 ordered sailors' rum to be diluted with water; grogram itself is from French gros grain ('coarse grain').

## AI Etymology
Grog is traced as follows: Named after 'Old Grog', the nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon, who wore a grogram cloak and in 1740 ordered sailors' rum to be diluted with water; grogram itself is from French gros grain ('coarse grain'). The etymological value lies in the continuity between the older named form and the modern English word, even where no further internal segmentation is supplied. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "a drink of spirits, especially rum, diluted with water", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as groggy and groggery and related forms such as groggery and groggy, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. Its semantic neighborhood includes liquor, spirits, drink, and tipple, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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