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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mean-spirited, spiteful person.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After the Grinch, title character of the children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel).]

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