griffe

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A claw-like ornament at the base of a column.
    — The primary use of this is to give the column a broader base and to diminish the amount of the cutting away of the solid stone. The griffe, however, is often used for elaborate ornamentation, being carved into vegetable or even animal form.
  2. A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry. US,dated,dialectal,historical
    — Saint-Domingue's complex system of racial classification allowed for no fewer than eight “mixed” racial parental combinations that could produce a griffe, as infamously calculated by Moreau.

词形变化

griffes plural griffes plural grif alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
French griffebor.
English griffe
Borrowed from French griffe (“claw”).
词源 2
From Cajun French (in period American English usage) and from general French griffe (in reference to such people in e.g. Haiti), perhaps from (American) Spanish grifo (supposedly "curly-haired").
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