grisette


gri·sette

G0273600 (grĭ-zĕt′)n. A French working-class girl or young woman.
[French, a cheap gray dress fabric, grisette, from gris, gray; see grisaille.]

grisette

(ɡrɪˈzɛt) n1. (esp formerly) a French working-class girl, esp a pretty or flirtatious one2. (Plants) an edible toadstool of the genus Amanita of broad-leaved and birch woods[C18: from French, from grisette grey fabric used for dresses, from gris grey]

gri•sette

(grɪˈzɛt)

n. a young French workingwoman. [1690–1700; < French =gris gray (see griseous) + -ette -ette]