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griseous

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gris⋅e⋅ous

  [gris-ee-uhs, griz-]
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–adjective
gray; pearl-gray.
Origin:
1810–20; < ML grīseus, based on Gmc *grīs or *grīsi gray, perh. with suffix of L rūbeus; cf. OS grîs gray OF, F gris gray; see -eous
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gris·e·ous   (grĭz'ē-əs, grĭs'-)   
adj.  Mottled with gray, especially bluish gray; grizzled.

[Medieval Latin grīseus, of Germanic origin.]
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