Monday, February 20, 2012

The Meek Will ...

Today's Word "Griselda"
A woman of exemplary meekness and patience

Griselda \gri-ZEL-duh\ (noun) - 1 : A woman of exemplary meekness and patience. 2 : A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning 'gray battle.'

"While most in the office described Lois as 'mousy," Hank considered her more of a Griselda given her ablility to work through a long, tiresome, complicated project while never complaining of the difficulty or added workload."

Def. 1 after a character in a tale of the same name in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron.

1 comment:

  1. i love the definition, just wish the name wasn't so ugly. In the sitcom Cheers, Carla's evil old teacher was named Griselda Domiglio, and i think the name has been used other times for witches or hags.

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