grisette

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Recent Examples of grisette Husk, a French grisette aged in oak barrels, was tart and refreshingly dry; Dolore, a wild ale fermented on dark cherries and black raspberries, was equally tart yet soft and jammy. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 Anne Hathaway—who has played the doomed grisette and has the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to prove it—does not seem to care about any of this. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024 Burnt City used the yeast in a grisette, a farmhouse ale, an imperial stout, a hazy IPA and a pale ale made with Brettanomyces yeast, coconut and key lime. Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2019 The brewers chose grisette, an old-timey French wheat-beer style. William Bostwick, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grisette
Noun
  • The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.
    Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • Hundreds of men have been cited by the sheriff’s office in recent years for soliciting a prostitute.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Charlize Theron, who takes on the role of the temptress nymph Calypso, has leaned toward the seductive, wearing Tom Ford short-shorts on one carpet and a black Givenchy dress with a thigh-high slit on another.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • In Homer’s epic, Circe is a beautiful temptress who toys with the soldiers for pleasure.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2026

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“Grisette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grisette. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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