griffin
noun
a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
griffinish
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a word derived from
griffin.
Example Sentences
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For me—thro' heathen ignorance perchance, Not having knelt in Palestine,—I feel None of that griffinish excess of zeal, Some travellers would blaze with here in France.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
For me—through heathen ignorance perchance, Not having knelt in Palestine,—I feel None of that griffinish excess of zeal, Some travelers would blaze with here in France.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton
