Groking

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Understanding something completely and intuitively, grasping its essence beyond what can be explained in words
2. Comprehending a thing thoroughly through direct feeling and insight rather than through analysis or study
3. Taking in the full meaning of an idea or experience with an immediate, empathetic kind of understanding

Etymology: English took this word from Scots, where "groak" and "growk" were in use before it appeared in English. Where those Scots forms came from is unknown, so the story stops there. The English verb "groke" was adapted from those Scots words, and "groking" is its present participle and gerund. The English form is therefore a borrowing with an unknown ancestry, traceable only as far as Scots.

Synonyms: understanding, comprehending, intuiting, fathoming

Antonyms: misunderstanding, misapprehending