See Also: approver(1)(dictionary)
approver(2)(dictionary)
APPROVER, Engl(law)

gloomy (iou) and approver(2) (iou)


gloomy (iou)



gloomy adjective. ['glu:mi] L16.
[from GLOOM noun1 1 + -Y1.]
Dark, unlighted, shadowy. L16.
G. Swift He passed into the bedroom, gloomy behind the drawn curtains.
Sullen, depressed, despondent. L16.
T. Wright People of that gloomy character who never laugh.
Causing gloom; dismal, disheartening. E18.
W. K. Kelly A gloomy and forbidding spectacle.
gloomily adverb E18.
gloominess noun E17.

approver(2) (iou)



approver noun2. LME.
[from APPROVE verb2 + -ER1. Cf. Old French aproveur.]
A person who proves or offers to prove another guilty, an informer; latterly spec. one who turns King's, Queen's, or State's evidence. Now arch. & Hist. LME.
A person who proves, tests, or tries someone. M16-L17.
A person who confirms, sanctions, pronounces good, or commends something. M16.