grullo

Etymology

Spanish grulla (“crane (bird)”)

Noun

grullo (uncountable)

1. A colouring of horses characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs, or a horse so coloured.
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 251:

     At first light they followed the dim tracks of her father's grullo, nearly obliterated by the rain but, when she put herself in the right mind, clear enough to follow.

Etymology

From Lombardic *grollo (“rancor, anger”).

Adjective

grullo (feminine singular grulla, masculine plural grulli, feminine plural grulle)

1. (dialectal, Tuscany) stupid, silly

Noun

grullo m (plural grulli, feminine grulla)

1. fool, idiot

Related terms

• grullagine

Etymology

From grulla (“crane”)

Adjective

grullo (feminine singular grulla, masculine plural grullos, feminine plural grullas)

1. (Mexico, said of horses) having an ashen color.