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griz·zle (griz′əl)

noun

  1. Archaic
    1. gray hair
    2. a gray wig
  2. gray

Etymology: < ME grisel < OFr adj. grisel < gris, gray: see grisaille

transitive verb, intransitive verb grizzled -·zled, grizzling -·zling

to make or become gray

adjective

Archaic gray
grizzle2 definition

griz·zle (griz′əl)

transitive verb grizzled -·zled, grizzling -·zling

  1. to grumble; complain
  2. to fret or whimper

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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