greige
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The adjective is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, adjective), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain,[1][2] possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”),[3] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”).
The noun is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, noun), from Italian greggio: see above.
The spelling of the word is probably influenced by beige, likely because it was thought to be a blend of grey and beige.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grāzh, IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ/, /ɡɹɛʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ/, /ɡɹɛʒ/, /ɡɹeɪ/
- Homophones: gray, grey (one GA pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -eɪʒ, -ɛʒ, -eɪ
Adjective
[edit]greige (not comparable)
- (textiles) Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished.
- The rolls of greige cloth sat on the factory floor waiting to be printed.
- Of a colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric, between grey and beige.
- 2009 June 29, Caitlin Moran, “Sorry Star Wars fans, but Ghostbusters is the best film ever made”, in The Times[1], London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-11:
- To those who still deludedly think they prefer Star Wars over Ghostbusters, all I need to ask you is this: you don't really want to be a Jedi, do you? In a greige cowl, getting off with your sister, without a single gag across three films?
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