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grise

/ɡɹiːz/

grise noun: a step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. Also the alternative form of grice.

Noun

grise (plural grises)

  1. (obsolete) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
    • Every grise of fortune / Is smoothed by that below.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Proper noun capitalized: Grise

Grise (plural Grises)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

grise is also the alternative form of grice.

Forms of grise

Noun
pluralgrises
alternative formgreeze
alternative formgreese
Proper noun
pluralGrises

Origin of grise

Properly the plural of gree (“a step”).

See grice.

Phrases with grise

Words that rhyme with grise

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Questions about grise

What does grise mean?
Grise means a step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
What part of speech is grise?
Grise can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce grise?
Grise is pronounced /ɡɹiːz/.
What is the plural of grise?
The plural of grise is grises.

Words near grise in the dictionary

  1. Grisby
  2. Grisbys
  3. Griscelli syndrome
  4. Grischa
  5. grischunite
  6. grise
  7. Grisel's syndrome
  8. Griselda
  9. Griseldas
  10. griseldy
  11. griselimycin

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