griffe.
A claw-like ornament at the base of a column.
Meaning & usage
A claw-like ornament at the base of a column.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French griffe (“claw”).
A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry.
Where this word comes from
From Cajun French (in period American English usage) and from general French griffe (in reference to such people in e.g. Haiti), perhaps from (American) Spanish grifo (supposedly "curly-haired").
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