Grisy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Grim, grisly. obsolete

    "And that fourth band, which cruell battry bent, / Against the fourth Bulwarke, that is the Tast, / Was as the rest, a grysie rablement […]"

  2. 2
    Grey; grizzled. obsolete

    "So earely, ere the grosse Earthes gryesy shade / Was all disperst out of the firmament, / They tooke their steeds, and forth upon their journey went."

Synonyms

All synonyms
grislygrisly

Example

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"And that fourth band, which cruell battry bent, / Against the fourth Bulwarke, that is the Tast, / Was as the rest, a grysie rablement […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From grise + -y.

Etymology 2

From gris + -y.

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