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groper

groper

9.7
A person who feels with their hands in the dark to find things
  • noun
  • /ˈɡroʊpər/
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  • The groper reached out cautiously in the dark, unsure of what obstacles lay ahead.

Examples

  • In the dimly lit theater, a groper moved through the aisles, searching blindly for his seat.

  • The Groper.

    Rachel, Rachel (1968)

  • He was a groper in the dark, trying to find his way through the unfamiliar room.

How Blindly

groper
9.7
fumbler
1 6.5
rummager
5.3
searcher
20 2.3

Surface Forms

groper singular
gropers plural

Morphology

groper = grope (transparent) = grope + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'grope' forms 'groper' meaning 'one who gropes'; the relation is directly inferable from the base verb.

Etymology

Groper comes from the verb grope, which means 'to feel about' with your hands, and the ending -er makes it a person who does that. So a groper is someone who carefully feels their way, for example when it is dark.