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

Following the surprise announcement that the head of the Large Client division, Jacques Ripoll, was leaving to join renewable energy group Eren, the group announced a rejig of its top management on Wednesday with the appointment of two new deputy CEOs: CFO Jérôme Grivet and Olivier Gavalda, head of the Paris region branch.

From Reuters

Credit Agricole’s CFO Jerome Grivet told analysts the bank was on track to reach its 2022 targets, including a 5 billion euros net profit.

From Reuters

They included Dana the squirrel monkey, Mrs Grivet the African green monkey and an escaped emu that died during an attempt to recapture it.

From The Guardian

Suzanne's hapless police officer husband, Olivier, and the family friend Grivet supplied the evening's fleeting moments of amusement, thanks, respectively to Zeffin Quinn Hollis and John Matthew Myers.

From Los Angeles Times

GRIVET, a monkey, Cercopithecus sabaeus, of the guenon group, nearly allied to the green monkey.

From Project Gutenberg