grizzle
PRONUNCIATION:
(GRIZ-uhl) 
MEANING:
| verb tr.: | To make gray. |
| verb intr.: | 1. To turn gray. |
| 2. To fuss; to gripe or grumble. | |
| noun: | 1. An animal with gray or grizzled fur. |
| 2. Gray hair. | |
| adjective: | 1. Having gray hair. |
| 2. Gray. |
ETYMOLOGY:
For the color-related senses: from Old French grisel, diminutive of gris (gray).
For the grumble sense: origin unknown.
Earliest documented use: 1390.
For the grumble sense: origin unknown.
Earliest documented use: 1390.
USAGE:
“My hair has grizzled, I’ve developed a paunch and some rather unpalatable views.”
Sam Wollaston; On the Road; The Guardian (London, UK); Feb 18, 2012.
“Last night, as I was trying to settle my fretting son to sleep, I had a thought, clear as day: ‘I just don’t want to do this any longer.’ He’d been grizzling for 45 minutes, his dad was out, and after a long day at work, all I wanted was a glass of wine and some mindless telly.”
Cathy Adams; Mother Knows Best; The Independent (London, UK); May 10, 2021.
“Consider that I have no hair, no fur, no raiment to disarrange. No silver-trimmed livery-hat to hang on a peg, like Thomas. No grizzle wig to keep free of lice.”
Verlyn Klinkenborg; Timothy; Vintage; 2007.
See more usage examples of grizzle in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
Sam Wollaston; On the Road; The Guardian (London, UK); Feb 18, 2012.
“Last night, as I was trying to settle my fretting son to sleep, I had a thought, clear as day: ‘I just don’t want to do this any longer.’ He’d been grizzling for 45 minutes, his dad was out, and after a long day at work, all I wanted was a glass of wine and some mindless telly.”
Cathy Adams; Mother Knows Best; The Independent (London, UK); May 10, 2021.
“Consider that I have no hair, no fur, no raiment to disarrange. No silver-trimmed livery-hat to hang on a peg, like Thomas. No grizzle wig to keep free of lice.”
Verlyn Klinkenborg; Timothy; Vintage; 2007.
See more usage examples of grizzle in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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