grece

See also: Grece, Grèce, and Grêce

English

Etymology

From Old French grez, greis et al., plural of gre (“gree”) taken as a collective singular.

Noun

grece (plural greces)

  1. (obsolete) A flight of stairs.
  2. (obsolete, in the plural) Steps, stairs.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xviij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
      Sir said they a merueyllous aduentur / that may not be broughte vnto none ende / but by hym that passeth of bounte and of knyhthode al them of the round table / I wold sayd Galahad that ye wold lede me ther to / Gladly sayd they / and soo ledde hym tyl a caue / and he went doune vpon gresys / and cam nyghe the tombe

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Middle English

Noun

grece

  1. Alternative form of gras

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

grece f (oblique plural greces, nominative singular grece, nominative plural greces)

  1. fat (fatty material)
  2. grease

Descendants

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