Grig Definition

grĭg
noun
A lively, animated person.
Webster's New World
A small eel.
Webster's New World
A grasshopper or cricket.
Webster's New World
Little creature;
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Other Word Forms of Grig

Noun

Singular:
grig
Plural:
grigs

Origin of Grig

  • The word is often used in the phrase "merry as a grig". The word is of uncertain origin, though various theories have been suggested, such as a corruption of "merry as a cricket" or "merry as a Greek", as in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida: "Then she's a merry Greek indeed." Johnson suggested that the word originally meant "anything below the natural size" (compare Swedish "krik" and Scottish "crick").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English dwarf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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