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Grizzle — Griz zle, v. t. & i. To make or become grizzly, or grayish. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children. R. F. Burton. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grizzle — Griz zle, n. [F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray, fr. gris gray. See {Gris}, and cf. {Grisaille}.] Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grizzle — Griz zle, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.] To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] Don t sit grizzling there. Charles Reade. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grizzle — (adj.) gray colored, early 15c., from O.Fr. grisel (see GRIZZLED (Cf. grizzled)) which also meant gray haired old man (a noun sense recorded in M.E. from mid 14c.). The verb, “to make gray,” is attested from 1740 … Etymology dictionary
grizzle — ► VERB informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ (of a child) cry or whimper fretfully. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
grizzle — grizzle1 [griz′əl] n. [< ME grisel < OFr adj. grisel < gris, gray: see GRISAILLE] 1. Archaic a) gray hair b) a gray wig 2. gray vt., vi. grizzled … English World dictionary
grizzle — [18] Grizzle ‘whine, complain’ is a bit of a puzzle. It has no obvious ancestor, and it is tempting to conclude that it originated as an ironic allusion to ‘patient Griselda’ (popularly Grizel from the 14th to the 19th centuries), the proverbial… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
grizzle — [18] Grizzle ‘whine, complain’ is a bit of a puzzle. It has no obvious ancestor, and it is tempting to conclude that it originated as an ironic allusion to ‘patient Griselda’ (popularly Grizel from the 14th to the 19th centuries), the proverbial… … Word origins
grizzle — UK [ˈɡrɪz(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms grizzle : present tense I/you/we/they grizzle he/she/it grizzles present participle grizzling past tense grizzled past participle grizzled British to cry quietly and continuously in an annoying… … English dictionary
grizzle — Whimper, cry fretfully (usu. applied to children). Complain. n. grizzler, grizzle guts … A concise dictionary of English slang
