Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
greese . - Gray.
- noun A gray fur, of the squirrel or rabbit.
- To be in terror; fear; tremble or shudder with fear.
- To be in terror of; fear; dread.
- noun A pig; swine; especially, a little pig.
- noun Specifically, in heraldry, a young wild boar.
- noun A young animal of another kind, as a badger; a cub.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. See
Grice , a pig. - noun obsolete A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
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- noun obsolete A
step (in a flight of stairs); adegree .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now I take it, this word grise contains the essence of the superiority of wine over whiskey.
A Residence in France Cooper, J Fenimore 1836
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A telling defection in Congress was that of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, the foreign policy eminence grise of the Republican Party.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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One newsworthy passage: On Sunday, I saw Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, the son of the establishment's embittered éminence grise, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 22) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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And who was creating this mysterious aura, this reputation of an eminence grise?
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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A telling defection in Congress was that of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, the foreign policy eminence grise of the Republican Party.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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And who was creating this mysterious aura, this reputation of an eminence grise?
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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And who was creating this mysterious aura, this reputation of an eminence grise?
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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I also wanted to get a real eminence grise´ for the book review column, and was able to snatch Gahan Wilson (yes, that Gahan Wilson) out from under the hands of George Scithers who was at the time trying to get him as a reviewer for his magazine.
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The host of Piers Morgan Tonight weeknights at 9/8c has gone on record with his disdain for an eminence grise like Madonna — clearly trying to show his outrageousness.
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And who was creating this mysterious aura, this reputation of an eminence grise?
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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