gringolée

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English[edit]

A cross gringolée.

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Etymology[edit]

From French gringolé (attested since 1644), related to the verb gringoler (and apparently dégringoler, attested in the form desgringueler from 1595), apparently from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”); the semantics are obscure.[1]

Adjective[edit]

gringolée (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “gringolé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012., “dégringoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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