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Definition of Grisette
1. n. A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.
Definition of Grisette
1. Noun. A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grisette
1. a young French working-class girl [n -S]
Medical Definition of Grisette
1. A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. Origin: F, fr. Grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. Gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of this stuff. See Gars. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisette
Literary usage of Grisette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1868)
"In summer the grisette is a fervent admirer of the beauties of nature, ...
This mixture of tastes is also observable at the theater, for a grisette is never ..."
2. Origin of Language and Myths by Morgan Peter Kavanagh (1871)
"Gri-s is the French of grey ; and grisette, which should be regarded as the
diminutive of gris, may be fairly represented in English by greyish. ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... live to be The last leaf upon the tree Let them smile, as I do now, At the
old forsaken bough In the spring, Where I ding. 1831 or 1832. LA grisette ..."
4. Furope Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles Carroll Fulton (1874)
"THE grisette. It is a common remark among strangers in France that about every
third man wears a uniform of some kind, and such is almost the case here in ..."
5. The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1833)
"TO BETTY, THE grisette. QUEEN of wit and beauty, Betty, Never may the Muse forget
ye, How thy face charms every shepherd, Spotted over like a leopard ! ..."
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