Author of the classic Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert famously declared: âTo be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.â. Albert Schweitzer said âHappiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.â.
1 A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen).  A great gross refers to a group of 1728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen).
Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  gross, 144(noun) twelve dozen. 2  gross, revenue, receipts(adj) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made. 3  gross(adj) before any deductions. 4  gross(adj) lacking fine distinctions or detail. 5  gross, porcine(adj) repellently fat.