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gries.

grey, greyish (chiefly of hair and weather)

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Meaning & usage

adj/ɡʁiːs/
  1. grey, greyish (chiefly of hair and weather)

    German · Northern-Germany · West · regional
    Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden…
Where this word comes from

From German Low German, from Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs (“grey”). Doublet of greis (“aged, grey-haired”) and Greis (“old man”).

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