Grizeln.

/ˈɡrɪzəl/

Forms: Also 1500s Gressell, 1500s–1600s Grissell, 1600s Grissil(l, grizell, Grisel, 1700s–1800s grizzle, 1800s Grizzel.

Etymology: Later form of the proper name Grisilde (= Griseldis, Griselda), borne by the heroine of Chaucer's Clerk's Tale (adapted from a story of Petrarch's).

The proverbial type of a meek, patient wife.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [noun] > person or creature > woman or wife

Grizel1565

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1126 No wedded man so hardy be tassaille His wyves pacience, in hope to fynde Grisildes, for in certein he shal faille.]

1565–6 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1875) I. 132b The sonnge of pacyente Gressell vnto hyr make.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 290 For patience shee will proue a second Grissell .

a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) iv. i. 80 Have patience woman I' have bin too longe a grizell.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 66 He had married five shrews in succession, and made Grizels of every one of them before they died.

1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl IV. i. 31 The pounds and pounds he cost was enough to make a grizzel fret.

1805 M. Edgeworth (title) The modern Griselda.

1885 E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. Allusions (at cited word) Octavia, the wife of Mark Antony, and sister of Augustus, is called the ‘patient Grizel of Roman story’.]

Derivatives

ˈgrizel v. (transitive) to make a Grizel of.

ΚΠ

a1797 M. Wollstonecraft Posthumous Wks. (1798) II. 78 I had afterwards an opportunity of observing the treatment she had to endure, which grizzled her into patience.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	grizel
释义	Grizeln. /ˈɡrɪzəl/ Forms: Also 1500s Gressell, 1500s–1600s Grissell, 1600s Grissil(l, grizell, Grisel, 1700s–1800s grizzle, 1800s Grizzel. Etymology: Later form of the proper name Grisilde (= Griseldis, Griselda), borne by the heroine of Chaucer's Clerk's Tale (adapted from a story of Petrarch's). The proverbial type of a meek, patient wife. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [noun] > person or creature > woman or wife Grizel1565 c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1126 No wedded man so hardy be tassaille His wyves pacience, in hope to fynde Grisildes, for in certein he shal faille.] 1565–6 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1875) I. 132b The sonnge of pacyente Gressell vnto hyr make. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 290 For patience shee will proue a second Grissell . View more context for this quotation a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) iv. i. 80 Have patience woman I' have bin too longe a grizell. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 66 He had married five shrews in succession, and made Grizels of every one of them before they died. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl IV. i. 31 The pounds and pounds he cost was enough to make a grizzel fret. 1805 M. Edgeworth (title) The modern Griselda. 1885 E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. Allusions (at cited word) Octavia, the wife of Mark Antony, and sister of Augustus, is called the ‘patient Grizel of Roman story’.] Derivatives ˈgrizel v. (transitive) to make a Grizel of. ΚΠ a1797 M. Wollstonecraft Posthumous Wks. (1798) II. 78 I had afterwards an opportunity of observing the treatment she had to endure, which grizzled her into patience. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1565
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