grivet

[ griv-it ]

noun

1. a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.

grivet

/ ˈɡrɪvɪt /

noun

1. an E African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having long white tufts of hair on either side of the face Compare green monkey vervet

Word History and Origins

Origin of grivet¹

First recorded in 1855–60; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of grivet¹

C19: from French, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Grivet stopped short, with his arm in the air, at the moment when he was about to play the double-six.

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Grivet was delighted at the welcome Madame Raquin gave him, and he returned every week with perfect regularity.

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He related anecdotes, enlivened the party by his merry laughter, and even won the friendship of Grivet.

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"That is not what M. Grivet meant to say," answered Camille, annoyed to see his chief turned into ridicule.

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Grivet, so as to have his say, had called the place the Temple of Peace.

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