gringolée
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French gringolé (attested since 1644), related to the verb gringoler (and apparently dégringoler, attested in the form desgringueler from 1595), apparently from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”); the semantics are obscure.[1]
Adjective[edit]
gringolée (not comparable)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “gringolé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012., “dégringoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.