Gray Definition
- white-haired
- hoary
- hoar
- gray-headed
- grey-headed
- gray-haired
- grey-haired
- grey
- grizzly
- greyish
- grayish
(demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
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Origin of Gray
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From Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Pre-Germanic *ǵrēwo, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer (“to shine, to glow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).
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After Louis Harold Gray (1905–1965), British radiobiologist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English grei from Old English grǣg
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Named after Louis Harold Gray.
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