grizzly
nounEtymology From grizzle + -y.
1
A grizzly bear.
- Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
- Derived terms
- grolar, mama grizzly, pizzly, prizzly
grizzly
adj/ˈɡɹɪzli/
Etymology From grizzle + -y.
1
Grey-haired, greyish.
2
Misspelling Misspelling of grisly.
- The walls were entirely hidden by bookshelves, or by cases containing rare specimens of fossil bones and reptile skeletons. Here was a grizzly crocodile, its teeth white and sharp as when they glistened in the waters of the Nile;...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 10:
- This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.2009 February 5, Campbell Brown, “Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- grizzly bear
- Related terms
- silver-haired, silvery-haired, white-haired