different between grizzle vs grizzled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????z?l/
• Rhymes: -?z?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *gr?s, from Proto-Germanic *gr?saz.

Noun

grizzle (plural grizzles)

1. A dark grey colour.

2. Grey hair.
3. A grey wig.

Translations

Related terms

• grizzly

Adjective

grizzle

1. Of a grey colour.

Verb

grizzle (third-person singular simple present grizzles, present participle grizzling, simple past and past participle grizzled)

1. To make or become grey, as with age.
   • R. F. Burton

     hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children

   • Pall Mall Magazine

     I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey.

Translations

Etymology 2

From English West Country dialect.

Verb

grizzle (third-person singular simple present grizzles, present participle grizzling, simple past and past participle grizzled)

1. to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child.
2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To whinge or whine.
   • 1888, William S. Gilbert (librettist), The Yeomen of the Guard, The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, page 510,

     [Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?

   • 2009, Judy Waite, Game Girls, unnumbered page,

     The pin-thin girl is grizzling, whining that she has sand in her eyes.

3. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To fuss or cry

Translations

Related terms

• grizzler

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

English

Verb

grizzled

1. simple past tense and past participle of grizzle

Adjective

grizzled (comparative more grizzled, superlative most grizzled)

1. greyed, old
2. grey or partly grey
3. streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous

Synonyms

• (greyed, old): grey-haired, grizzled, grizzly, hoary; see also Thesaurus:elderly

Related terms

• (greyed, old): silver-haired, silvery-haired; white-haired.

Translations

References

• "grizzled." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 24 Jun. 2011. Dictionary.com article.
• "grizzled." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 24 Jun. 2011. Article.