grisledadj.
/ˈɡrɪz(ə)ld/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
Awe-inspiring; horrible; grisly.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective]
grureful?c1225
fearful1340
ferdfulc1380
awfula1400
grisleda1400
gruesome1570
awesome1578
tremend1581
awed1591
tremendous1632
mystic1842
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being awesome > [adjective]
awfulc1175
grureful?c1225
fearful1340
ferdfulc1380
grisleda1400
dread1420
dreaded1556
tremblable1560
gruesome1570
awesome1578
tremend1581
awing1589
tremendous1632
aweda1656
awous?1675
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24081 His face þat be-fore waas shene hit is now griseled [Vesp. grisli] on to sene.
1565 Darius (1860) 20 So griseld vpon him I did looke, As he had bene a very cooke.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 Al we fle from sacrifice with sight so grisled afrighted.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Grisled, grisly, frightful.
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