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grisgris

grisgris is the alternative form of gris-gris.

Meaning of gris-gris

Noun

gris-gris (plural gris-gris)

  1. An African, or Afro-American, charm or talisman.
    • A horn, or rude image, is sometimes made use of as a means of preserving the medicines of defense, and is worn as an amulet. These images, horns, or other articles, called greegrees, or jeujeus, are not held sacred for a moment after the medicine is found to have lost its power […].1865, David Livingstone, Charles Livingstone, Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries

Forms of grisgris

pluralgrisgris

Questions about grisgris

What is grisgris the alternative form of?
Grisgris is the alternative form of gris-gris.

Words near grisgris in the dictionary

  1. griseoviridin
  2. grises
  3. grisette
  4. grisettes
  5. grisettish
  6. grisgris
  7. Grisha
  8. Grisham
  9. Grishamesque
  10. Grishams
  11. Grishaverse

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