An old man was the éminence grise in the movie "The Wizard of Oz."
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Grise
//ɡɹiːz//
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Every grise of fortune / Is smoothed by that below.
Source: wiktionary
Grice or Grise, a Swine (6ᵗʰ S. vi. 537) — This word is derived from O.N. griss, porcellus.
Source: wiktionary
‘Grise,’ observe Nicolson and Burn, ‘is a common name for swine, and it may well seem to have taken its name from being frequented by wild boars, which are beasts of the forest. […] Swinedale,’ they add (probably in error), ‘may be so called from Wild Boars having frequented there ; as there are Grisedale, Boredale, Stybarrow, in the neighbouring parish of Barton ; and Wildboarfell
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