grivet

[ griv-it ]

/ ˈgrɪv ɪt /

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noun

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

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Origin of grivet

First recorded in 1855–60; origin uncertain

Words nearby grivet

grits, gritter, gritting, gritty, grivation, grivet, grizzle, grizzled, grizzling, grizzly, grizzly bear

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How to use grivet in a sentence

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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British Dictionary definitions for grivet

grivet

/ (ˈɡrɪvɪt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for grivet

C19: from French, of unknown origin

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