GRIDELIN

Etymology

Adjective

gridelin (not comparable)

Having a dusky color between white and red; gray-violet.

Noun

gridelin (usually uncountable, plural gridelins)

A dusky color between white and red; gray-violet.

Anagrams

• Dreiling, gridline

Source: Wiktionary


Grid"e*lin, n. Etym: [F. gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray.]

Definition: A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [Written also gredaline, grizelin.] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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