grizzle
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grizzle1
▶verb Brit. informal (of a child) cry fretfully.
– derivatives
grizzler noun.
grizzler noun.
– origin C18 (in the sense ‘show the teeth, grin’): of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grizzle2
▶noun a mixture of dark and white hairs.
– origin ME: from OFr. grisel, from gris ‘grey’.
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