grue

adjective

1. (philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.

2. (linguistics) Green or blue, as a translation from languages such as Welsh that do not distinguish between these hues.

noun

1. A shiver, a shudder.

2. Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.

- The butcher was covered in the accumulated grue of a hard day's work

- There was grue everywhere after the accident

3. A fictional predator that dwells in the dark.

verb

1. (intransitive, archaic) To be frightened; to shudder with fear.