greyishgrayishadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪɪʃ/

Forms: 1500s graish, 1500s grayishe, 1500s greiesh, 1500s– grayish, 1500s– greyish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grey adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < grey adj. + -ish suffix¹.

1. Somewhat grey in colour; shaded or interspersed with grey.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > greyish

grysandea1400

greyish1562

grizzlish1680

slaty1822

peppery1962

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 16^v This barefoote fryer gyrt, with cord his grayish weede.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 An euen-Nose, on either side stoode out a graish Eye.

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 72 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks The prophet [Proteus]..With great inforcement roll'd his flaminge eyes with greiesh sight [L. lumine glauco].

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 9 Those of the second altitude..had a grayish colour, as if covered with light and sandy earth.

1712 J. Warder True Amazons 38 Their Wings..grow ragged, and somewhat greyish.

1786 Archaeologia 4 104 The marble..is commonly of a greyish colour with a shade of green.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxvii. 116 Now over Coolin's eastern head The greyish light begins to spread.

1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish i. 31 The young animal is of a greyish colour.

1941 R. Headstrom Adventures with Microscope lvii. 219 On the leaves of such plants as the lilac and the rambler roses, a delicate, grayish..coating..may sometimes be seen.

1972 A. Price Col. Butler's Wolf vi. 55 Anonymous, greyish photocopying paper.

2004 Smithsonian May 26/2 The first bats we see are tiny, grayish, thickly furred Eastern pipistrelles.

2. Of hair: somewhat grey. Also: (of a person) somewhat grey-haired.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > grey, hoary

grey1207

hoarc1290

frostya1450

forhoaredc1450

grizzled1458

hoary1530

hoared1557

greyish1567

wintry1579

silver1590

silveredc1600

silver-grey1607

frosted1628

iron-grey1809

iron-greyed1826

grizzly1843

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 189^v Then followeth Haruest when the heate of youth growes sumwhat cold, Rype, meeld, disposed meane betwixt a yoongman and an old, And sumwhat sprent with grayish heare.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grisastre, grayish, hoarie.

1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. v. ii. 55 A beard a little greyish.

1700 C. P. Sheepherd's New Kalender 102 If a Coney be old,..long greyish hairs will stand out amongst the wool.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 194 The hair..also on the upper lip and chin, where it was greyish.

1835 A. Smith Diary 22 May (1940) II. 36 On each side of black mane of neck a short mane of greyish hair.

1879 Athenæum 6 May 638/1 A stout, greyish man of about fifty..has joined the party.

1902 P. H. G. Powell-Cotton Sporting Trip through Abyssinia x. 99 He wears a short greyish beard and whiskers.

1925 L. O'Flaherty Informer x. 152 She wore her greyish hair drawn back to her poll tightly.

2002 S. Shanks Impeachment x. 81 What was left of his hair was thin, grayish, and wispy.

Compounds

C1. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as greyish blue, greyish green, greyish white, etc.

ΚΠ

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxvii. 250 The franke Sage hath..leaues..of a grayishe white colour.

1651 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Signatura Rerum viii. 72 If the white colour [of an apple] be of a grayish Brown, then Saturn is strong therein.

1697 C. K. Art's Master-piece 19 Proceed to put your faint blue Shadows about the Corners of the Eyes,..and the greyish blue under the Eyes.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 259 The colour is a dusky greyish-brown.

1788 J. Bolton Hist. Fungusses Halifax I. 12 The pileus hemispherical..of a greyish blue colour.

1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics vii. 70 The effect of all the colours when combined will be a greyish-white.

1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 211 Hypersthene..passes into a greyish-green diallage.

1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 200 This..forms a greyish black precipitate.

1888 Athenæum 10 Nov. 632/1 A little boy in a greyish-olive smock frock.

1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 209 The wood is light greyish-yellow in colour, close and fine in the grain.

1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 246 Rabbit's-foot Clover... The soft silky foliage and the fuzzy, grayish-pink heads of bloom are unmistakable.

2001 S. D. Soderlind Consumer Econ. iv. ix. 321 The grayish greens would be associated with lesser conformity to the ten ideal attributes.

C2.

greyish-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1811 A. Burns Observ. Surg. Anat. Head & Neck 358 A soft substance of an ink colour..intermixed with a grayish looking substance and ragged fragments of bone.

1869 G. Lawson Dis. & Injuries of Eye ii. 59 A small..grayish-looking ulcer.

1948 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 16 Apr. 2/4 Want to know how to..wind up with a generous portion of delicious white meat instead of shell and a grayish looking substance?

2009 M. D. Pitt Beyond End of Road x. 259 See that greyish-looking, pyramid-shaped rock?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greyish
释义	greyishgrayishadj. Brit. /ˈɡreɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪɪʃ/ Forms: 1500s graish, 1500s grayishe, 1500s greiesh, 1500s– grayish, 1500s– greyish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grey adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < grey adj. + -ish suffix¹. 1. Somewhat grey in colour; shaded or interspersed with grey. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > greyish grysandea1400 greyish1562 grizzlish1680 slaty1822 peppery1962 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 16^v This barefoote fryer gyrt, with cord his grayish weede. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 An euen-Nose, on either side stoode out a graish Eye. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 72 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks The prophet [Proteus]..With great inforcement roll'd his flaminge eyes with greiesh sight [L. lumine glauco]. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 9 Those of the second altitude..had a grayish colour, as if covered with light and sandy earth. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 38 Their Wings..grow ragged, and somewhat greyish. 1786 Archaeologia 4 104 The marble..is commonly of a greyish colour with a shade of green. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxvii. 116 Now over Coolin's eastern head The greyish light begins to spread. 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish i. 31 The young animal is of a greyish colour. 1941 R. Headstrom Adventures with Microscope lvii. 219 On the leaves of such plants as the lilac and the rambler roses, a delicate, grayish..coating..may sometimes be seen. 1972 A. Price Col. Butler's Wolf vi. 55 Anonymous, greyish photocopying paper. 2004 Smithsonian May 26/2 The first bats we see are tiny, grayish, thickly furred Eastern pipistrelles. 2. Of hair: somewhat grey. Also: (of a person) somewhat grey-haired. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > grey, hoary grey1207 hoarc1290 frostya1450 forhoaredc1450 grizzled1458 hoary1530 hoared1557 greyish1567 wintry1579 silver1590 silveredc1600 silver-grey1607 frosted1628 iron-grey1809 iron-greyed1826 grizzly1843 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 189^v Then followeth Haruest when the heate of youth growes sumwhat cold, Rype, meeld, disposed meane betwixt a yoongman and an old, And sumwhat sprent with grayish heare. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grisastre, grayish, hoarie. 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. v. ii. 55 A beard a little greyish. 1700 C. P. Sheepherd's New Kalender 102 If a Coney be old,..long greyish hairs will stand out amongst the wool. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 194 The hair..also on the upper lip and chin, where it was greyish. 1835 A. Smith Diary 22 May (1940) II. 36 On each side of black mane of neck a short mane of greyish hair. 1879 Athenæum 6 May 638/1 A stout, greyish man of about fifty..has joined the party. 1902 P. H. G. Powell-Cotton Sporting Trip through Abyssinia x. 99 He wears a short greyish beard and whiskers. 1925 L. O'Flaherty Informer x. 152 She wore her greyish hair drawn back to her poll tightly. 2002 S. Shanks Impeachment x. 81 What was left of his hair was thin, grayish, and wispy. Compounds C1. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as greyish blue, greyish green, greyish white, etc. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxvii. 250 The franke Sage hath..leaues..of a grayishe white colour. 1651 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Signatura Rerum viii. 72 If the white colour [of an apple] be of a grayish Brown, then Saturn is strong therein. 1697 C. K. Art's Master-piece 19 Proceed to put your faint blue Shadows about the Corners of the Eyes,..and the greyish blue under the Eyes. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 259 The colour is a dusky greyish-brown. 1788 J. Bolton Hist. Fungusses Halifax I. 12 The pileus hemispherical..of a greyish blue colour. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics vii. 70 The effect of all the colours when combined will be a greyish-white. 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 211 Hypersthene..passes into a greyish-green diallage. 1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 200 This..forms a greyish black precipitate. 1888 Athenæum 10 Nov. 632/1 A little boy in a greyish-olive smock frock. 1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 209 The wood is light greyish-yellow in colour, close and fine in the grain. 1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 246 Rabbit's-foot Clover... The soft silky foliage and the fuzzy, grayish-pink heads of bloom are unmistakable. 2001 S. D. Soderlind Consumer Econ. iv. ix. 321 The grayish greens would be associated with lesser conformity to the ten ideal attributes. C2. greyish-looking adj. ΚΠ 1811 A. Burns Observ. Surg. Anat. Head & Neck 358 A soft substance of an ink colour..intermixed with a grayish looking substance and ragged fragments of bone. 1869 G. Lawson Dis. & Injuries of Eye ii. 59 A small..grayish-looking ulcer. 1948 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 16 Apr. 2/4 Want to know how to..wind up with a generous portion of delicious white meat instead of shell and a grayish looking substance? 2009 M. D. Pitt Beyond End of Road x. 259 See that greyish-looking, pyramid-shaped rock? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1562
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