Grisette

//ɡɹɪˈzɛt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.

    "‘What a fuss is here, indeed, about a little grisette: why, one would think Beresford had carried off an heiress.’"

  2. 2
    The grisette amanita (Amanita vaginata), an edible mushroom in the amanita family.
  3. 3
    A variety of low-alcohol beer that is light in body, with a noticeable tartness similar to other farmhouse ales.

    "Oral accounts of those who remember the old grisettes say they were low-alcohol, light-bodied, saison-like golden ales of no great distinction."

Etymology

Borrowed from French grisette, from gris (“grey”) + -ette, named after the color of the fabric associated with low value or bad quality.

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