Grizzle
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪzəl
Origin 1
Old French grisel, from gris
Related terms
Adjective
grizzle
- Of a grey colour.
Verb
- To make or become grey.
Origin 2
From English West Country dialect.
2010, Alex Games, Balderdash & Piffle: English Words and Their Curious Origins, she+grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gQdvT4_rKInamAWbnKGbBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22he|she%20grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 135.
Verb
- (UK, slang) To whinge or whine.
- 1888, W. S. Gilbert (librettist), , The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan'', she+grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nQtvT8egHu7LmAXA1-S9Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22he|she%20grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 510,Wilfred: In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?
- 1976, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, she+grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22he|she+grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gQdvT4_rKInamAWbnKGbBg&redir_esc=y page 4850,R. J. Tizard — What are you grizzling about now?
- 2009, Judy Waite, Game Girls, she+grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nQtvT8egHu7LmAXA1-S9Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22he|she%20grizzled%22|%22grizzling%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,The pin-thin girl is grizzling, whining that she has sand in her eyes.