Griselda

Origin

From nl("gray") + gris("battle") + hild, meaning "gray battle-maid".

Full definition of Griselda

Proper noun

1. The long-suffering wife of a nobleman in a medieval tale.
2. used in Middle Ages, but rather rare today.

Noun

1. A woman of exemplary gentleness and patience.
• 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 13?? Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: Chaucer's Envoy to the Clerk's Tale:Husbands, be not so hardy as to assailThe patience of your wives in hope to findGriseldas, for you certainly will fail.

Related terms

• Grissel
• Grizel
• Zelda

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