Griselda

[gri-zel-duh]

noun

1. a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.

2. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “gray battle.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of Griselda¹

Griselda ( def. 1 ) after a character in a tale of the same name in Boccaccio's Decameron

Example Sentences

The Los Angeles show will feature a guest performance from Buffalo-bred Griselda Records rapper Westside Gunn, whom Badu says is “a great influence” for her and a friend.

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The Emmy-nominated “Modern Family” and “Griselda” star decided to pull out of her awards commitments on Sunday to receive treatment for an allergic reaction.

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Mal, with her mother’s intuition and almost otherworldly connection to La Siguanaba, Amaranta, who is the youngest and still very much a child and who sees what others don’t expect her to, and then Griselda, home from college, who looks on all of this with a fresh, almost outside perspective.

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Mal can only know so much, and it is through the details revealed by Mal’s daughters, Amaranta and Griselda, that we begin to comprehend the depth of this story.

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The Salton Sea is just as much a character here as Givhan’s main protagonists: Mal, a mother of two daughters, and the two daughters themselves — Amaranta, in high school, and Griselda, a science major in college.

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