Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grif

/ɡɹɪf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: grif
IPA: /ɡɹɪf/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of griffe (“person of mixed (black and white) race”).

Dated

Example Sentences

"His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro."
"[…] in the inventory of the estate of Jean Decuir in 1771, she was listed as one of 3 mulatto children of a grif mother."
"Lisette also had two older daughters: Magdaleine, born in 1749; and Francoise, born in 1753 and variously identified as a grif or mulatto."
"[This] author of one of the most detailed contemporary discussions about the prophetess and the Trou Coffy insurgency, was the first on record to refer to the prophetess as a “grif,” meaning someone born to one black and one mulatto parent."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

grifs (plural)

Homonyms

griff griffe

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce grif?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹɪf/.
What does grif mean?: Alternative form of griffe (“person of mixed (black and white) race”).

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