grizzly
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Grey-haired, greyish.
- Misspelling of grisly.
- 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 1, page 10:
- The walls were entirely hidden by bookshelves, or by cases containing rare specimens of fossil bones and reptile skeletons. Here was a grizzly crocodile, its teeth white and sharp as when they glistened in the waters of the Nile;...
- 2009 February 5, Campbell Brown, “Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists”, in CNN[1]:
- This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with grisly or gristly.
Synonyms
- (grey-haired): grizzled, grisly (misspelling), hoary; see also Thesaurus:elderly
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Noun
grizzly (plural grizzlies)
- A grizzly bear.
- Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
- (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.[1]
Translations
grizzly bear — see grizzly bear
Etymology 2
Adjective
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.
- a grizzly baby
Translations
Crying or whinging
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Grizzly”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.
- “grizzly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “grizzly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
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Derived terms
Further reading
French
Noun
grizzly m (plural grizzlys)
- Alternative spelling of grizzli
Further reading
- “grizzly”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English grizzly.
Noun
grizzly
- Synonym of orso grizzly
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English grizzly.
Noun
grizzly m (plural grizzly)
- grizzly bear (A North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear)
Declension
Declension of grizzly
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) grizzly | grizzly-ul | (niște) grizzly | grizzly-i |
genitive/dative | (unui) grizzly | grizzly-ului | (unor) grizzly | grizzly-lor |
Synonyms
References
grizzly in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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