grey · Contextualize

Etymology

From Middle English grey, from Old English grēġ (Anglian). The spelling grey reflects the Anglian vowel development, whereas the variant gray stems from the West Saxon form grǣġ (through Middle English gray). Further derived from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

derived from *ǵʰreh₁-✻
inherited from *grēwaz✻
inherited from grēġ
inherited from grey

Definitions

1
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
- These grey and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.
Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).
A surname transferred from the nickname, alternative spelling of Gray.
›+ 4 more definitionsshow fewer
1. A placename
  A placename:
2. Ellipsis of Grey College, Durham.
3. An English earldom.
4. A member of the Royal Scots Greys, a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 to…
  A member of the Royal Scots Greys, a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 to 1971.

The neighborhood

Derived

all cats are grey at night, all cats are grey by night, all cats are grey in the dark, ash-grey, ash grey, battleship grey, battleship-grey, blue-grey, brain grey, cadet grey, cool grey, dove grey, eastern grey kangaroo, flathead grey mullet, French grey, get grey hair from, give grey hair to, give someone grey hair, great grey owl, great grey shrike, green-grey, grey alder, grey alien, grey amber, grey ammonia, grey area, grey baby syndrome, greyback, grey-backed fiscal, greybeard, grey belt, grey-blue, greyboard, greybody, grey box, grey-box testing, grey-capped greenfinch, grey cells, grey-chested babbler, grey club-rush · +138 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at grey. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at grey. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at grey

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.