greige (grā, grāzh)
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Tweet adj. Not bleached or dyed; unfinished. Used of textiles. [Alteration (perhaps influenced by GREY and BEIGE) of French grège, from Italian greggio, unbleached, raw, probably from Vulgar Latin *gregius, of or from the flock of sheep, from Latin grex, greg-, herd, flock; see ger- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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