grizzle

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.

He stabled Grizzle, the last of their saddle stock, and entered. — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry
He’s a hard citizen, an old colour sergeant of the war, all scars and grizzle. — The Valley of Fear, Arthur Conan Doyle
He wore an incipient full beard, evidently in process of training, with a considerable amount of grizzle in it. — A Stable for Nightmares; or, Weird Tales, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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