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grizzle (GRIZ-uhl) verb tr.

To make or become gray.

noun

1. The color of a grizzled animal. A grizzled animal.

2. Archaic. Gray hair.

adjective

1. Gray.

2. Grizzled.

[From Middle English grisel, gray, from Old French, diminutive of gris, gray.]

"Picturesque posings; laconic utterance; tacit understanding among friends; and that stock European hero, the grizzle-bearded fellow who is tacitly Very Real." Kauffmann, Stanley, Before the Rain.(movie reviews), The New Republic, 27 Mar 1995.

This week's theme: words about colors.

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