I have met this character at the local pool hall that likes to be known as "Grisly" Knight Frank.
He is quite a good eight-ball player, and I would like to recruit him on our local team.
What is this grisly prefix on his name? Should I be concerned about his insistence on being known by this name?
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Ask 'Grisly' Knight Frank! He is most accommodating and will tell you his inner-most secrets. You should not be worried, this happens to me all the time.
"The grizzly left behind the grisly remains of his victim.”
Main Entry: gris·ly
Pronunciation: \ˈgriz-lē\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): gris·li·er; gris·li·est
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grislic, from gris- (akin to Old English āgrīsan to fear); akin to Old High German grīsenlīh terrible
Date: 12th century
1 : inspiring horror or intense fear <houses that were dark and grisly under the blank, cold sky — D. H. Lawrence>
2 : inspiring disgust or distaste <a grisly account of the fire>
Grisly would be the tough part of a steak. I think.
Grizzly would be like a bear.
Hows his game?
Well, "grisly" is often used to describe something like a gruesome murder. Are you sure it isn't "grizzly" like a bear? Is he a big, burly kind of guy, maybe with a beard? If he is, it probably means grizzly bear.
I think it is a brown bear