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grizzler
English
Etymology
grizzle +? -er
Noun
grizzler (plural grizzlers)
- Agent noun of grizzle; a person, especially a young child, who characteristically whinges in the interests of making demands met.
grizzler From the web:
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grizzle
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)
- A dark grey colour.
- Grey hair.
- A grey wig.
Translations
Related terms
- grizzly
Adjective
grizzle
- Of a grey colour.
Verb
grizzle (third-person singular simple present grizzles, present participle grizzling, simple past and past participle grizzled)
- 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.
- R. F. Burton
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)
- to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child.
- (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.
- 1888, William S. Gilbert (librettist), The Yeomen of the Guard, The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, page 510,
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To fuss or cry
Translations
Related terms
- grizzler
See also
- Appendix:Colors
References
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