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grisette

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8 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹɪˈzɛt/Sorted eegirsttStarts with GEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.

Word origin

Borrowed from French grisette, from gris (“grey”) + -ette, named after the color of the fabric associated with low value or bad quality.

Used in a sentence

  • “‘What a fuss is here, indeed, about a little grisette: why, one would think Beresford had carried off an heiress.’”
  • “The anticipations of the shopkeeper were realized, and his rooms soon became notorious through the charms of the sprightly grisette.”
  • “[…]Paris from afar sounded its fanfare of masked balls with the laugh of grisettes.”

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