grisette
UK/ɡɹɪˈzɛt/
grisette noun: a (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.
Noun
grisette (plural grisettes)
- A (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.
- ‘What a fuss is here, indeed, about a little grisette: why, one would think Beresford had carried off an heiress.’1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 263
- The anticipations of the shopkeeper were realized, and his rooms soon became notorious through the charms of the sprightly grisette.1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
- The grisette amanita (Amanita vaginata), an edible mushroom in the amanita family.
- A variety of low-alcohol beer that is light in body, with a noticeable tartness similar to other farmhouse ales.
- Oral accounts of those who remember the old grisettes say they were low-alcohol, light-bodied, saison-like golden ales of no great distinction.2004, Phil Markowski, Farmhouse Ales: Culture and Craftsmanship in the European Tradition, Brewers Publications, →ISBN
- She talked animatedly, with her hands, and her excitement about something as boring as the differences between a saison and a grisette was contagious.2018, Suzanne Baltsar, Trouble Brewing, Gallery Books, →ISBN, pages 20–21
Examples of grisette in a sentence
- […]Paris from afar sounded its fanfare of masked balls with the laugh of grisettes.1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter VI, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […]...
- Largely grounded in European classics, the ever-changing roster of taps cycles through grisettes, altbiers, kölsches, and saisons, but also trots out “beastly” concoctions like Imperial IPAs as well.2019, Douglas Trattner, Moon Cleveland, Avalon Travel, →ISBN:
Forms of grisette
| plural | grisettes |
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Origin of grisette
Borrowed from French grisette, from gris (“grey”) + -ette, named after the color of the fabric associated with low value or bad quality.
Words formed from grisette
Words that rhyme with grisette
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- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- ket
Questions about grisette
- What does grisette mean?
- Grisette means a (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.
- How do you use grisette in a sentence?
- […]Paris from afar sounded its fanfare of masked balls with the laugh of grisettes.
- What part of speech is grisette?
- Grisette is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grisette?
- Grisette is pronounced /ɡɹɪˈzɛt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of grisette?
- The plural of grisette is grisettes.
Words near grisette in the dictionary
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