grise

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Editorial note

It is approximately 800kms from the North Pole, while Grise Fiord is approximately 1,500kms away.

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Quick take

A surname.

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noun

A surname.

noun

Alternative form of grice (a pig) [(now Scotland) A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grise.

noun

A surname.

noun

Alternative form of grice (a pig) [(now Scotland) A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.]

Example sentences

It is approximately 800kms from the North Pole, while Grise Fiord is approximately 1,500kms away.

Sequoia éminence grise and consummate power player Michael Moritz had been on Plaxo's board.

However, when I look at where that community is located and compare it to Grise Fiord, it is very far south.

(and for psycopaths, playing the éminence grise * is the done thing — at least among my generation...

I suspect Chickaletta is the eminence grise, and rules with an iron wing.

Government by philanthropy and éminence grise.

Are we swapping one Eminence Grise for another?

Does he have any formal responsibilities at all or is he an éminence grise, probably with some patents or a major product under his belt, but no portfolio of products or services?

(just as a datum point: ERM is the opposite of an éminence grise, in just about any of its senses) * in the economic sense.

Me, I once thought the Electoral College offered a minor benefit, the idea that its ranks of delegates were a protective fuse against disaster, where all those éminence grise types would have a principled revolt and block some flagrantly unqualified demagogue from seizing the levers of power.

Quote examples

Funny, I read the name immediately as "messy fjord" (to make a mess is "å grise" in Norwegian).

Most residents aren't really "from" Grise Fiord either.

Proper noun examples

Grise Ford is at 76.4 deg north, and the northernmost point of Mexico (near Yuma, AZ) is at 32.7 deg north, for a difference of 43.7 (45 would be half the distance from the equator to the pole).