pizzly

noun
/ˈpɪzli/UK

Etymology

Blend of polar + grizzly.

  1. derived from *grīsaz
  2. derived from *grīs
  3. derived from grisel
  4. inherited from grisel
  5. suffixed as grizzly — “grizzle + y
  6. compounded as pizzly — “polar + grizzly

Definitions

  1. Synonym of pizzly bear.

    • This means that ʽPizzlies’ (as recent polar bear/brown bear hybrids are known), are not a new phenomenon, but have been produced for hundreds of thousands of years.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pizzly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA