Gloomy Gus

noun

-ˈgəs

variants or gloomy Gus

plural Gloomy Guses or gloomy Guses also Gloomy Gusses or gloomy Gusses

: a person who is habitually gloomy

Etymology

from a comic-strip character created by Frederick Burr Opper †1937 American cartoonist

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of Gloomy Gus was in 1904

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Style

“Gloomy Gus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gloomy%20Gus. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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