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grig definition

grig (grig)

noun

  1. a lively, animated person
  2. Now Dial. a small eel
  3. Now Dial. a grasshopper or cricket

Etymology: ME grege, anything diminutive, dwarf, prob. < Scand, as in Norw krek, Swed dial. krik, little animal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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