greis

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile
2. grey (also generally implying very old age, not usually of people in their 40s or 50s)

Συνώνυμα

altersschwach

bejahrt

🧓

gebrechlich

greisenhaft

senil

sklerotisch

alt und klapprig

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɡʁaɪ̯s/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Middle High German grīs, from Old High German grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).
Doublet of regional gries (“grey”). Also cognate with Dutch grijs, French gris.