Definitions for grivet

grivet griv·et

Spelling: [griv-it]
IPA: /ˈgrɪv ɪt/

Grivet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in grivet (egirtv).

Definitions for grivet

noun

  1. a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.

Origin of grivet

First recorded in 1855-60; origin uncertain

Examples for grivet

grivet then made himself remarkable by the clumsiness of his offers.

So he had to lend an ear to the idle talk of grivet and old Michaud.

Had Michaud and grivet not arrived, she would have gone and fetched them.

grivet, so as to have his say, had called the place the Temple of Peace.

This reasoning did not appear to convince grivet, and Camille came to his assistance.

grivet was delighted at the welcome Madame Raquin gave him, and he returned every week with perfect regularity.

When Camille introduced his friend to the company, grivet pinched his lips.

The Thursday following, the marriage was announced to grivet, as well as to Olivier and his wife.

grivet stopped short, with his arm in the air, at the moment when he was about to play the double-six.

Michaud and grivet prided themselves on their correct attitude.

Word Value for grivet
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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