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gruntle (v.)
1938, in
gruntled
"pleased, satisfied," a back-formation from
disgruntled
. The original verb (early 15c.) meant "to utter a little or low grunt," hence "to murmur, complain" (1580s), but was rare or dialectal by 19c.