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gringolée

gringolée adjective: of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads.

gringolée: of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads
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Adjective

gringolée (not comparable)

  1. Of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads.

Forms of gringolée

alternative formgringolé
alternative formgringoly
alternative formgringolly

Origin of gringolée

From French gringolé (attested since 1644), related to the verb gringoler (and apparently dégringoler, attested in the form desgringueler from 1595), apparently from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”), from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz; the semantics are obscure.

Questions about gringolée

What does gringolée mean?
Gringolée means of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads.
What part of speech is gringolée?
Gringolée is an adjective.

Words near gringolée in the dictionary

  1. gringoes
  2. Gringoland
  3. Gringolandia
  4. gringolly
  5. gringolé
  6. gringolée
  7. gringophobia
  8. gringos
  9. gringostan
  10. gringsing
  11. Grinling

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