noun / verb
grizzle
Gray or gray-streaked coloring, or acquiring or giving such coloring.
A touch of grizzle shows in his otherwise dark beard.
Etymology
The French ancestor means gray or grayish. Grizzle retains that coloring sense, especially where dark and pale hairs are mixed.
More examples
- Her hair begins to grizzle at the temples.
- Age has grizzled the fur around the dog's muzzle.
- The grizzle in his mustache stands out in sunlight.
Forms
grizzle · grizzles · grizzled · grizzling
grizzled adjective — Having hair or fur streaked with gray.