grizzly
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Grey-haired, greyish.
- Misspelling of grisly.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, 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, Brown, Campbell, “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[edit]
Not to be confused with grisly or gristly.
Synonyms[edit]
- (grey-haired): grizzled, grisly (misspelling), hoary; see also Thesaurus:elderly
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
grizzly bear — see grizzly bear
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)
- Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.
- a grizzly baby
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Crying or whinging
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References[edit]
- ^ 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms
- grizzly at OneLook Dictionary Search
- grizzly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
grizzly m
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- grizzly in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- grizzly in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
grizzly m (plural grizzlys)
- Alternative spelling of grizzli
Further reading[edit]
- “grizzly”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English grizzly.
Noun[edit]
grizzly
- Synonym of orso grizzly
Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English grizzly.
Noun[edit]
grizzly m (plural grizzly)
- grizzly bear (A North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
grizzly in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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