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grizzled Definition


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grizzle
verb, intr grizzled, grizzling
    colloq:
    1. Said especially of a young child: to cry fretfully.
    2. To sulk or complain.
Etymology: 19c; 18c in old sense ‘to show one's teeth.




grizzled
adj
    1. Said of the hair or a beard: grey or greying.
      Thesaurus: grey, greying, salt-and-pepper, hoary, hoar, griseous.
    2. Said of a person: having such hair.
      Thesaurus: grey, greying, hoary, hoar.
Etymology: 15c as griseld: from French gris grey.



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