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单词 grig
释义 grig
I. \ˈgrig\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English grege
1. : a small person or creature : dwarf: as
 a. : cricket, grasshopper
 b. : a small short-legged domestic fowl (as a bantam or a creeper fowl)
 c. : a small or immature eel
2. : a gay lively light-hearted and usually small or young person
 < a grig of a girl >
— often used as the typification of light-hearted easy happiness, gaiety, or content
 < gathered about the table merry as so many grigs >
3. archaic : farthing
II. intransitive verb
(grigged ; grigged ; grigging ; grigs)
: to fish for grigs
III. transitive verb
Etymology: probably from Irish Gaelic griogaim (I) tantalize, urge, incite
dialect : tantalize, irritate, annoy
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Welsh grug or Cornish grig
dialect England : heather
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