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Griseldas

Griseldas is the plural of Griselda.

Meaning of Griselda

Noun

Griselda (plural Griseldas)

  1. A woman of exemplary gentleness and patience.
    • Husbands, be not so hardy as to assail
      The patience of your wives in hope to find
      Griseldas, for you certainly will fail.1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Chaucer's Envoy to the Clerk's Tale”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977

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Questions about Griseldas

What is Griseldas the plural of?
Griseldas is the plural of Griselda.

Words near Griseldas in the dictionary

  1. Grischa
  2. grischunite
  3. grise
  4. Grisel's syndrome
  5. Griselda
  6. Griseldas
  7. griseldy
  8. griselimycin
  9. griselimycins
  10. griselmycin
  11. grisely

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