GRISELDA


Meaning of GRISELDA in English

/gri zel"deuh/ , n.

1. a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.

2. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning "gray battle."

[ (def. 1) after a character in a tale of the same name in Boccaccio's Decameron ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .