Gross (surname)
Gross is a surname of German origin. The word means "big" or "tall" and was adopted in olden times as surname by people with such a physical stature. In Germany the name is usually spelled Groß which is the correct spelling of the adjective under the German orthographic rules.
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Famous quotes containing the word gross:
“We perceive no charms that are not sharpened, puffed out, and inflated by artifice. Those which glide along naturally and simply easily escape a sight so gross as ours.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)