grisette

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Scrabble points
9
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10
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɡɹɪˈzɛt/(UK)

Definition of grisette

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.’”
    “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.”
    “he enjoyed the immense luxury not only of lovemaking but also of sleeping and drowsing beside this gentle and composed and somewhat melancholy woman, who was not a fille de joie in the professional sense but more like a grisette.”
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noun

  1. 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.’”
    “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.”
    “he enjoyed the immense luxury not only of lovemaking but also of sleeping and drowsing beside this gentle and composed and somewhat melancholy woman, who was not a fille de joie in the professional sense but more like a grisette.”
  2. The grisette amanita (Amanita vaginata), an edible mushroom in the amanita family.
  3. 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.”
    “She talked animatedly, with her hands, and her excitement about something as boring as the differences between a saison and a grisette was contagious.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

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