adj.
(greyer, greyest)
- of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.
- (of hair) turning grey or white with age.
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informal, chiefly N. Amer. relating to old people as a group:
grey power.
- (of the weather) cloudy and dull.
- dull and nondescript:
grey, faceless men.
- (of financial or trading activity) not accounted for in official statistics:
the grey economy.
n.
grey colour or pigment.
v.
(of hair) become grey with age.
Derivative
- greyish adj.
- greyly adv.
- greyness n.
Etymology
OE græg, of Gmc origin.