grizzle.
A dark grey colour.
Meaning & usage
A dark grey colour.
Grey hair.
A grey wig.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
Of a grey colour.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
To make or become grey, as with age.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children).
To whinge or whine.
To fuss or cry.
Where this word comes from
A West Country dialect term, perhaps from Old English grisan (“shudder”), which would make it a cognate of modern English grisly (not grizzly).
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