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griet.

girl, (young or any) female, often derogatory: broad

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. girl, (young or any) female, often derogatory: broad

    feminine · informal
Where this word comes from

From the Dutch girl's name Margriet, cognate with English Margaret.

noun
  1. euphemism for God, notable as an alternative for blasphemous cursing

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

A euphemistic alteration of god (“god”) in curse words, to remove the blasphemous nature.

noun
  1. brill, a fish of species Scophthalmus rhombus

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Possibly from a word meaning "sandstone, grit," referring to the shingle seabed the fish resides on, from Middle Dutch griet, from Old Dutch *griot, from Frankish *greota, from Proto-Germanic *greutą.

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