Other forms: grizzlies, grizzlys
A grizzly is a large brown bear of the North American uplands. A grizzly on the river.
The name comes from the grey-tipped hair rather than from anything grisly. A grizzly can outrun a person over any distance, which is why running is the worst response.
1noungrizzlyA large brown bear of the North American uplands.
“A grizzly took every salmon that came up the fall.”
grizzly is an animal.
Proto-Germanic
*grīsaz
Frankish
*grīs
Old French
grisel
Middle English
grisel
English
grizzle
English, today
grizzly
Built from
From grizzle + -y. grizzle comes from Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA