grivet

[ griv-it ]

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

Origin of grivet

1
First recorded in 1855–60; origin uncertain

Words Nearby grivet

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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.

    Therese Raquin | Emile Zola
  • grivet was delighted at the welcome Madame Raquin gave him, and he returned every week with perfect regularity.

    Therese Raquin | Emile Zola
  • He related anecdotes, enlivened the party by his merry laughter, and even won the friendship of grivet.

    Therese Raquin | Emile Zola
  • "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
  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

Origin of grivet

1
C19: from French, of unknown origin

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