English Dictionary: Grisly | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grisly \Gris"ly\, a. [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gr[?]san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E. gruesome.] Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. [bd]Grisly to behold.[b8] --Chaucer. A man of grisly and stern gravity. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Grisly bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Grizzly}. |