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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

धूसर

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dhoosar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Griseous/ˈɡrɪʃiəs/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उस पक्षी के पंख धूसर रंग के थे।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of a light grey or grizzly color; streaked or speckled with grey.

    "The rare bird possessed distinctive griseous plumage that helped it blend seamlessly into the granite rocks."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'griseus', meaning grey, which traces back to Germanic roots related to Old High German 'gries' (gravel or fine sand). Entering English in the 19th century, it was adopted primarily in scientific and taxonomic contexts to describe biological coloration.

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