grizzly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪzli/

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• Homophone: grisly

Etymology 1

From grizzle +‎ -y.

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

1. Grey-haired, greyish.
2. 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

Not to be confused with grisly or gristly.

Synonyms

• (grey-haired): grizzled, grisly (misspelling), hoary; see also Thesaurus:elderly

Derived terms

• grizzly bear

Related terms

• silver-haired, silvery-haired
• white-haired

Noun

grizzly (plural grizzlies)

1. A grizzly bear.

   Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!

2. (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.

Translations

grizzly bear — see grizzly bear

Etymology 2

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

1. Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.

   a grizzly baby

Derived terms

• grizzliness

Translations

Crying or whinging

• Maori: hawihawi (Referring to a child)

References

• grizzly at OneLook Dictionary Search
• grizzly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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Czech

Alternative forms

• grizly

Etymology

English grizzly

Noun

grizzly m

1. grizzly, grizzly bear

Derived terms

• gryzzlí

Further reading

• grizzly in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• grizzly in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Noun

grizzly m (plural grizzlys)

1. Alternative spelling of grizzli

Further reading

• “grizzly”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English grizzly.

Noun

grizzly

1. Synonym of orso grizzly

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Romanian

grizzly

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English grizzly.

Noun

grizzly m (plural grizzly)

1. grizzly bear (A North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear)

Declension

Declension of grizzly

	singular		plural
	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
vocative	—		—

Synonyms

• urs grizzly

References

grizzly in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)