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grigri

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gri⋅gri

[gree-gree]
–noun, plural -gris.
an African charm, amulet, or fetish.


Origin:
1755–65; < F gris-gris, grigri, first recorded in West Africa in 1557; orig. obscure
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gri·gri also gris-gris   (grē'grē)   
n.   pl. gri·gris also gris-gris (grē'grē)
An African charm, fetish, or amulet.

[French, of West African origin; akin to Balanta (Niger-Congo language of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal) grigri, amulet.]
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