grizzle
grizzle · grizzles
A dark grey colourA dark grey colour.
US/ˈɡɹɪzəl/
» Tom is a grizzled old man.
Том — седой старик. — odexed
Том — сивий стариган. — deniko
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3 sensesA dark grey colour.
a grey wig
Grey hair.
A grey wig.
Examples
4 sentencesTom is a grizzled old man.
Том — сивий стариган. — deniko
ruТом — седой старик. — odexed
Ak, as was his habit when in thought, stroked his grizzled beard slowly.
deWie er es immer tat, wenn er nachdachte, strich sich Ak bedächtig den ergrauten Bart. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Elias has grizzled hair.
He was an elderly man, with a thin, projecting nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge grizzled moustache.
Origin
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from FraFrom Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
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