grizzlen.²

/ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/

Etymology: < grizzle v.²

1. One who grizzles or frets.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying > one who

whiner1603

whindle1647

whimperer1737

puler1832

grizzle1893

mizzler1945

1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker III. 102 Lady Waveryng, however, was not a woman to fret vainly over the inevitable. Lord Waveryng was far more of a ‘grizzle’.

2. A bout of grumbling or sulking; a peevish mood; a fretful effusion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint > peevish or querulous

whinge?a1513

whine1633

whinging1720

grizzle1900

bleat1916

bellyache1930

1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict.

1908 A. M. N. Lyons Arthur's i. ii. 12 At first I thought she was goin' to do a grizzle, but she turned round quick, with a kind of smile.

1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter xi. §2 Opportunity to write a good long letter to make up for the short grizzle of last month.

1930 H. M. Tomlinson All our Yesterdays i. viii. 85 Out he went without saying good-bye.., which would have given any girl the grizzles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

grizzleadj.n.¹

/ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English, 1600s grisel, Middle English–1600s grisell, Middle English griselle, gresel, grysselle, 1500s gresle, grysle, 1500s–1600s gryselle, grissell, 1600s–1700s grisle, grissel, grizle, 1600s– grizzle.

Etymology: < Old French grisel, < gris : see gris adj.

A. adj.

Of grey colour, grey, grizzled. †Formerly also, of a horse: Roan.

ΘΚΠ

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

greyeOE

grisc1386

grizzlec1425

grison1438

kennet-colour1530

grisy1590

grizzly1594

grisard1607

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [adjective] > roan

grizzlec1425

grizzled1458

roaned1477

roan1558

blue roan1687

rount1688

c1425 Thomas of Erceld. 382 Stedis..baye and broun, grysselle [v.r. gresel] and graye.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. liij^v Weryng a cote of orenge tawny, on a horse cooler grysell, trottyng.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miii/2 Grysle coloure, glauculus.

1577–87 R. Holinshed Chron. (1808) IV. 694 The friers minors..whose apparell was grisell garments girded with cords full of knots.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 397 To preserue the haire from being gray and grisle.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 438 The grissel Turtles..Dis-payer'd and parted, wander one by one.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 151 A grissell gelding.

1706 London Gaz. No. 4277/4 She is about 14 Hands and a half high, with a small grizle star in her Forehead.

1748 Whitehall Evening-post 13–15 Sept. Grey Breeches, and a light Grizzle Wig.

1808 J. P. Malcolm Mann. & Cust. London 437 Light grizzle Ties [i.e. wigs] three guineas.

1832 J. Taylor Rec. my Life I. 331 An actor..had dressed himself like a doctor, with a large grizzle wig.

B. n.¹

†1. A nickname for a grey-haired old man. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having

hoarOE

hoarhead1382

grizzle1390

greya1413

hasard1513

greyhead1535

oldgrey1582

grizzle-pate1797

iron-grey1822

grisard1880

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 356 That olde grisel is no fole.

c1393 G. Chaucer Scogan 35 But wel I wit þou wilt answere & seye ‘Lo! olde grisel leste to ryme and pleye’.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 401 This olde doted griselle holte him wise.

2. A grey animal; esp. a grey horse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > grey animal

grizzlea1620

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > grey or dun horse

dunc1405

greya1500

iron-grey?1530

grizzlea1620

yellow-dun1767

grullo1903

a1620 J. Armstrong's Last Goodnt. xx, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 369 But little Musgrave, that was his foot-page, With his bonny grissell got away untain.

a1620 J. Armstrong's Last Goodnt. xxiii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 369 Thou are welcome home, my bonny grisel! Full oft thou hast fed at the corn and hay.

1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 54 Blacks, black-grisles, black-splash'd, yellows, whites, duns.

a. Grey hair; a sprinkling of grey hairs.

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

grizzlea1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 163 O thou dissembling Cub: what wilt thou be When time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy case?

1810 Splendid Follies I. 17 A broad frizzed toupée, well powdered to conceal the grizzles that occasionally peeped over her scarified cheek.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. i. 8 These parts [head and neck] were covered with a dirty grizzle of mixed hues.

b. A grey wig.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other

Rogerian1597

Gregorian1598

Chedreux1678

vallancy1684

spencer17..

nightcap wig1709

Adonis1734

pigeon wing1753

grizzle1755

tête1756

bag-wig1760

negligent1762

jasey1789

bushel-wig1794

Brutus1798

scalp1802

Brown Georgea1845

sheitel1890

fright wig1904

katsura1908

neck-roll1920

1755 Connoisseur No. 65. ⁋9 His very grizzle is scarce orthodox.

1756 Connoisseur No. 105. ⁋2 Pudding-sleeves, starched bands, and feather-top grizzles.

1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xi. iv. 77 Emerg'd from his Grizzle, th' unfortunate Sprig Seems as if he was hunting all Night for his Wig.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ii. 29 Sir Arthur's ramilies being the positive, his own bob-wig the comparative, and the overwhelming grizzle of the worthy clergyman figuring as the superlative.

4. Grey colour; the colour grey. †Formerly also: Light roan.

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

greynessa1398

grey?1548

grizzle1611

1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1649) i. xix. 105 Your Henne..must be of a right plume, as gray, grissel, speckt, or yellowish, black or brown is not amisse.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Grissel, a light Rount, or light Flesh-Colour in Horses.

1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 126 The legs are dark brown in front, and paler behind, with a whitish grizzle pervading their whole extent.

5. A second-class stock brick. (So called from its colour; cf. grey stock n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a).)

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of

white brick1468

red brick1587

clinker1659

clinkerc1660

stock-brick1683

Windsor brick1702

grey stock1726

stockc1738

red stock1748

firebrick1749

Welsh lump1798

malm1811

cutting-brick1815

pecking1819

blue brick1823

malm brick1824

Windsor1841

cutter1842

grizzle1843

shuff1843

picking1850

Woolpit brick1887

Hollander1897

Staffordshire1898

Stafford brick1908

misfire1923

klompie1926

1843 Mechanics' Mag. 39 192 The grizzles obtained a price midway between the two last named [stocks and places].

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 11/1 Here you may see a ‘grizzle’ and a ‘malm-brick’.

1879 Notes Building Constr. III. 105 Grizzle and Place bricks are underburnt. They are very weak.

Compounds

C1.

grizzle-headed adj.

ΚΠ

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 18 Fräulein Schroder..was not beautiful to the eye, and was grizzle-headed.

grizzle-white adj.

ΚΠ

1691 London Gaz. No. 2631/4 Rid away.., a bay Mare about 14 hands,..two grissell white patches on the Rump.

C2.

grizzle-pate n. a grey-headed old man.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having

hoarOE

hoarhead1382

grizzle1390

greya1413

hasard1513

greyhead1535

oldgrey1582

grizzle-pate1797

iron-grey1822

grisard1880

1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. 171 Sport your glass-blinkers, old grizzle-pate!

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grizzlev.¹

/ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/

Etymology: < grizzle adj. or back-formation < grizzled adj.

1. transitive. To render grey or grey-haired.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [verb (transitive)] > grey

silver1603

grey1609

begraya1624

grizzle1740

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > make grey > [verb (transitive)]

grey1609

grizzle1740

1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 218 He spur'd his sober Steed, grizled with Age, And venerably dull.

1822 Ld. Byron Werner iii. iv. 153 The grey Begins to grizzle the black hair of night.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. xi. 262 The colour with which time had begun to grizzle her tresses.

1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 4 Night Hastens to..grizzle o'er the chilly sky.

2. intransitive. To become grey or grey-haired.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [verb (intransitive)] > grey

hoara1000

grey1615

grizzle1875

1875 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 151 I suppose you are a gray old boy by this time. I am just beginning to grizzle with the first hoar-frost.

1894 Athenæum 24 Nov. 705/1 [A Chinese sonneteer will allude] to the crow's-feet of wisdom around the first sonneteer's own eyes and the poetical grizzling of his own pigtail.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

grizzlev.²

/ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/

Forms: English regional (chiefly southern) 1700s– grizzel, 1700s– grizzle, 1800s– grisle, 1800s– grizle.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; with the ending perhaps compare -le suffix 3. It is also unclear whether the two senses show the same word.

local.

1. intransitive. To show the teeth; to grin or laugh, esp. mockingly.

ΚΠ

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 16 Tamzen and Thee be olweys..stivering or grizzeling, tacking or busking.

1782 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 9) Gloss. To Grizzle, to grin, or smile with a sort of Sneer.

a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 14 The ould man grizzled: No sure, lovy, zed he, I ne'er had the leastest inkling for such a thing.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 26/1 Grizzle, to grin; laugh; show the teeth. ‘What's the g'eat bufflehead grizzling at?’ ‘He grizzled at me; he was as vexed as fire’.

2. To fret, sulk; to cry in a whining or whimpering fashion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively

whingea1150

whinec1275

plaina1425

fipple?1507

whimper1513

mewla1530

pulea1535

whimp1549

whewla1560

simper1613

whindle1709

grizzle1842

squinny1847

wimick1850

mizzlea1935

1842 [see grizzling n. and adj. at Derivatives].

1867 E. Yates Forlorn Hope III. vii. 175 I went abroad, and remained grizzling and feeding on my own heart for months.

1872 M. E. Braddon To Bitter End I. xvi. 264 ‘If the locket's lost, it's lost’, and there's no use in grizzling about it.

1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiii He'd sit grizzling and smoking by himself all day long. No getting a word out of him.

Derivatives

ˈgrizzling n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1842 Catnach Ballad in Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. (1899) 2/2 Useless is our grumbling, our grizzling, or mumbling.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) She's such a grizzling woman.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

grizzlev.³

/ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/

Etymology: Origin unknown.

local.

transitive and intransitive. To fry, frizzle, over-cook.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > overcook

overdo1683

overcook1850

grizzle1900

1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict.

1913 H. Walpole Fortitude i. viii. 98 Poor old man..nobody loves him..to hell with the lot of 'em..let 'em grizzle in hell fire.

1941 J. Cary House of Children 202 Four or five men surrounded the table,..eating and calling out to the girl not to grizzle the bacon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.²1893

adj.n.¹1390

v.¹1740

v.²1746

v.³1900

单词	grizzle
释义	grizzlen.² /ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/ Etymology: < grizzle v.² 1. One who grizzles or frets. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying > one who whiner1603 whindle1647 whimperer1737 puler1832 grizzle1893 mizzler1945 1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker III. 102 Lady Waveryng, however, was not a woman to fret vainly over the inevitable. Lord Waveryng was far more of a ‘grizzle’. 2. A bout of grumbling or sulking; a peevish mood; a fretful effusion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint > peevish or querulous whinge?a1513 whine1633 whinging1720 grizzle1900 bleat1916 bellyache1930 1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1908 A. M. N. Lyons Arthur's i. ii. 12 At first I thought she was goin' to do a grizzle, but she turned round quick, with a kind of smile. 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter xi. §2 Opportunity to write a good long letter to make up for the short grizzle of last month. 1930 H. M. Tomlinson All our Yesterdays i. viii. 85 Out he went without saying good-bye.., which would have given any girl the grizzles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). grizzleadj.n.¹ /ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English, 1600s grisel, Middle English–1600s grisell, Middle English griselle, gresel, grysselle, 1500s gresle, grysle, 1500s–1600s gryselle, grissell, 1600s–1700s grisle, grissel, grizle, 1600s– grizzle. Etymology: < Old French grisel, < gris : see gris adj. A. adj. Of grey colour, grey, grizzled. †Formerly also, of a horse: Roan. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] greyeOE grisc1386 grizzlec1425 grison1438 kennet-colour1530 grisy1590 grizzly1594 grisard1607 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [adjective] > roan grizzlec1425 grizzled1458 roaned1477 roan1558 blue roan1687 rount1688 c1425 Thomas of Erceld. 382 Stedis..baye and broun, grysselle [v.r. gresel] and graye. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. liij^v Weryng a cote of orenge tawny, on a horse cooler grysell, trottyng. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miii/2 Grysle coloure, glauculus. 1577–87 R. Holinshed Chron. (1808) IV. 694 The friers minors..whose apparell was grisell garments girded with cords full of knots. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 397 To preserue the haire from being gray and grisle. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 438 The grissel Turtles..Dis-payer'd and parted, wander one by one. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 151 A grissell gelding. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4277/4 She is about 14 Hands and a half high, with a small grizle star in her Forehead. 1748 Whitehall Evening-post 13–15 Sept. Grey Breeches, and a light Grizzle Wig. 1808 J. P. Malcolm Mann. & Cust. London 437 Light grizzle Ties [i.e. wigs] three guineas. 1832 J. Taylor Rec. my Life I. 331 An actor..had dressed himself like a doctor, with a large grizzle wig. B. n.¹ †1. A nickname for a grey-haired old man. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having hoarOE hoarhead1382 grizzle1390 greya1413 hasard1513 greyhead1535 oldgrey1582 grizzle-pate1797 iron-grey1822 grisard1880 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 356 That olde grisel is no fole. c1393 G. Chaucer Scogan 35 But wel I wit þou wilt answere & seye ‘Lo! olde grisel leste to ryme and pleye’. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 401 This olde doted griselle holte him wise. 2. A grey animal; esp. a grey horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > grey animal grizzlea1620 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > grey or dun horse dunc1405 greya1500 iron-grey?1530 grizzlea1620 yellow-dun1767 grullo1903 a1620 J. Armstrong's Last Goodnt. xx, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 369 But little Musgrave, that was his foot-page, With his bonny grissell got away untain. a1620 J. Armstrong's Last Goodnt. xxiii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 369 Thou are welcome home, my bonny grisel! Full oft thou hast fed at the corn and hay. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 54 Blacks, black-grisles, black-splash'd, yellows, whites, duns. 3. a. Grey hair; a sprinkling of grey hairs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary grizzlea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 163 O thou dissembling Cub: what wilt thou be When time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy case? View more context for this quotation 1810 Splendid Follies I. 17 A broad frizzed toupée, well powdered to conceal the grizzles that occasionally peeped over her scarified cheek. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. i. 8 These parts [head and neck] were covered with a dirty grizzle of mixed hues. b. A grey wig. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other Rogerian1597 Gregorian1598 Chedreux1678 vallancy1684 spencer17.. nightcap wig1709 Adonis1734 pigeon wing1753 grizzle1755 tête1756 bag-wig1760 negligent1762 jasey1789 bushel-wig1794 Brutus1798 scalp1802 Brown Georgea1845 sheitel1890 fright wig1904 katsura1908 neck-roll1920 1755 Connoisseur No. 65. ⁋9 His very grizzle is scarce orthodox. 1756 Connoisseur No. 105. ⁋2 Pudding-sleeves, starched bands, and feather-top grizzles. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xi. iv. 77 Emerg'd from his Grizzle, th' unfortunate Sprig Seems as if he was hunting all Night for his Wig. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ii. 29 Sir Arthur's ramilies being the positive, his own bob-wig the comparative, and the overwhelming grizzle of the worthy clergyman figuring as the superlative. 4. Grey colour; the colour grey. †Formerly also: Light roan. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] greynessa1398 grey?1548 grizzle1611 1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1649) i. xix. 105 Your Henne..must be of a right plume, as gray, grissel, speckt, or yellowish, black or brown is not amisse. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Grissel, a light Rount, or light Flesh-Colour in Horses. 1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 126 The legs are dark brown in front, and paler behind, with a whitish grizzle pervading their whole extent. 5. A second-class stock brick. (So called from its colour; cf. grey stock n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a).) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of white brick1468 red brick1587 clinker1659 clinkerc1660 stock-brick1683 Windsor brick1702 grey stock1726 stockc1738 red stock1748 firebrick1749 Welsh lump1798 malm1811 cutting-brick1815 pecking1819 blue brick1823 malm brick1824 Windsor1841 cutter1842 grizzle1843 shuff1843 picking1850 Woolpit brick1887 Hollander1897 Staffordshire1898 Stafford brick1908 misfire1923 klompie1926 1843 Mechanics' Mag. 39 192 The grizzles obtained a price midway between the two last named [stocks and places]. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 11/1 Here you may see a ‘grizzle’ and a ‘malm-brick’. 1879 Notes Building Constr. III. 105 Grizzle and Place bricks are underburnt. They are very weak. Compounds C1. grizzle-headed adj. ΚΠ 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 18 Fräulein Schroder..was not beautiful to the eye, and was grizzle-headed. grizzle-white adj. ΚΠ 1691 London Gaz. No. 2631/4 Rid away.., a bay Mare about 14 hands,..two grissell white patches on the Rump. C2. grizzle-pate n. a grey-headed old man. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having hoarOE hoarhead1382 grizzle1390 greya1413 hasard1513 greyhead1535 oldgrey1582 grizzle-pate1797 iron-grey1822 grisard1880 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. 171 Sport your glass-blinkers, old grizzle-pate! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). grizzlev.¹ /ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/ Etymology: < grizzle adj. or back-formation < grizzled adj. 1. transitive. To render grey or grey-haired. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [verb (transitive)] > grey silver1603 grey1609 begraya1624 grizzle1740 the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > make grey > [verb (transitive)] grey1609 grizzle1740 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 218 He spur'd his sober Steed, grizled with Age, And venerably dull. 1822 Ld. Byron Werner iii. iv. 153 The grey Begins to grizzle the black hair of night. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. xi. 262 The colour with which time had begun to grizzle her tresses. 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 4 Night Hastens to..grizzle o'er the chilly sky. 2. intransitive. To become grey or grey-haired. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [verb (intransitive)] > grey hoara1000 grey1615 grizzle1875 1875 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 151 I suppose you are a gray old boy by this time. I am just beginning to grizzle with the first hoar-frost. 1894 Athenæum 24 Nov. 705/1 [A Chinese sonneteer will allude] to the crow's-feet of wisdom around the first sonneteer's own eyes and the poetical grizzling of his own pigtail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). grizzlev.² /ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/ Forms: English regional (chiefly southern) 1700s– grizzel, 1700s– grizzle, 1800s– grisle, 1800s– grizle. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; with the ending perhaps compare -le suffix 3. It is also unclear whether the two senses show the same word. local. 1. intransitive. To show the teeth; to grin or laugh, esp. mockingly. ΚΠ 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 16 Tamzen and Thee be olweys..stivering or grizzeling, tacking or busking. 1782 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 9) Gloss. To Grizzle, to grin, or smile with a sort of Sneer. a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 14 The ould man grizzled: No sure, lovy, zed he, I ne'er had the leastest inkling for such a thing. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 26/1 Grizzle, to grin; laugh; show the teeth. ‘What's the g'eat bufflehead grizzling at?’ ‘He grizzled at me; he was as vexed as fire’. 2. To fret, sulk; to cry in a whining or whimpering fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively whingea1150 whinec1275 plaina1425 fipple?1507 whimper1513 mewla1530 pulea1535 whimp1549 whewla1560 simper1613 whindle1709 grizzle1842 squinny1847 wimick1850 mizzlea1935 1842 [see grizzling n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1867 E. Yates Forlorn Hope III. vii. 175 I went abroad, and remained grizzling and feeding on my own heart for months. 1872 M. E. Braddon To Bitter End I. xvi. 264 ‘If the locket's lost, it's lost’, and there's no use in grizzling about it. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiii He'd sit grizzling and smoking by himself all day long. No getting a word out of him. Derivatives ˈgrizzling n. and adj. ΚΠ 1842 Catnach Ballad in Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. (1899) 2/2 Useless is our grumbling, our grizzling, or mumbling. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) She's such a grizzling woman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). grizzlev.³ /ˈɡrɪz(ə)l/ Etymology: Origin unknown. local. transitive and intransitive. To fry, frizzle, over-cook. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > overcook overdo1683 overcook1850 grizzle1900 1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1913 H. Walpole Fortitude i. viii. 98 Poor old man..nobody loves him..to hell with the lot of 'em..let 'em grizzle in hell fire. 1941 J. Cary House of Children 202 Four or five men surrounded the table,..eating and calling out to the girl not to grizzle the bacon. 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