grizzle en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
Meanings
- Of a grey colour.
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
grizzle en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
Meanings
- A dark grey colour.
- Grey hair.
- A grey wig.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grizzles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (3)
bg сива коса (Grey hair, grey wig) · bg сива перука (Grey hair, grey wig) · ar شَيْب (Grey hair, grey wig)
grizzle en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
Meanings
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To make or become grey, as with age.
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 hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grizzled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grizzled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| grizzling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grizzles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
bg посивявам (To make or become grey, as with age.) · nl vergrijzen (To make or become grey, as with age.)
grizzle en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
A West Country dialect term, perhaps from Old English grisan (“shudder”), which would make it a cognate of modern English grisly (not grizzly).
Meanings
- To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children).
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang) To whinge or whine.
The pin-thin girl is grizzling, whining that she has sand in her eyes.
2009, Judy Waite, Game Girls, unnumbered page:R. J. Tizard — What are you grizzling about now?
1976, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 4850:[Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?
1888, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, The Yeomen of the Guard […] , London: Chappel & Co., […], published c. 1911:
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang) To fuss or cry.
New mothers frequently complain that their partner won't get up to change a wet nappy or comfort a grizzling baby.
1990, The Baby Book, →ISBN, page 88:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grizzling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grizzles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| grizzled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grizzled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (4)
mi whakakurepe (to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child) · mi tangimeme (to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child) · fi kitistä (to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child) · bg хленча (to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child)