Grise

//ɡɹiːz// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. obsolete

    "Every grise of fortune / Is smoothed by that below."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of grice (a pig) alt-of, alternative

    "Grice or Grise, a Swine (6ᵗʰ S. vi. 537) — This word is derived from O.N. griss, porcellus."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
pig

Example

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"An old man was the éminence grise in the movie "The Wizard of Oz.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Properly the plural of gree (“a step”).

Etymology 2

See grice.

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