grizzled
adjective/ˈɡrɪzld/
/ˈɡrɪzld/
(literary)- having hair that is grey or partly grey
- He looked old and grizzled.
- a grizzled beard
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGrizzled is used with these nouns:- beard
- hair
- veteran
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from the adjective grizzle ‘having mixed dark and white hairs’ + -ed.Definitions on the go
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