Graypate

/ˈɡreɪpeɪt/ noun

Definition

An older person with gray hair; a gray-haired individual (archaic or dialectal term).

Etymology

Compound of 'gray' and 'pate' (meaning head, from Middle English 'pat' referring to the crown of the head). The term is archaic, used historically in English literature.

Kelly Says

This wonderfully weird old word shows how people used to combine body parts with colors to describe age—'graypate,' 'whitehead'—before we just said 'elderly person' and lost all the poetic specificity!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ግሬፓት
gray-pat
ARالعربية
غرايبايت
ghray-bayt
BNবাংলা
গ্রেপেট
gray-pet
CACatalà
graypate
gray-paht
CSČeština
graypate
gray-paht
DADansk
graypate
gray-paht
DEDeutsch
graypate
gray-paht
ELΕλληνικά
graypate
gray-paht
ESEspañol
graypate
gray-paht
FAفارسی
گریپیت
gray-peet
FISuomi
graypate
gray-paht
FRFrançais
graypate
gray-pat
GUGU
ગ્રેપેટ
gray-pet
HAHA
graypate
gray-paht
HEעברית
גריי פייט
gray-paht
HIहिन्दी
ग्रेपेट
gray-pet
HUMagyar
graypate
gray-paht
IDBahasa Indonesia
graypate
gray-paht
IGIG
graypate
gray-paht
ITItaliano
graypate
gray-paht
JA日本語
グレーペイト
gurei peito
KKKK
грайпа́т
gray-pat
KMKM
គ្រេយប៉ាត
gray-paht
KO한국어
그레이페이트
geureipeiteu
MRMR
ग्रॅयपेट
gray-pet
MSBahasa Melayu
graypate
gray-paht
MYမြန်မာ
ဂရိပိတ်
gray-peit
NLNederlands
graypate
gray-paht
NONorsk
graypate
gray-paht
PAPA
ਗ੍ਰੇਅ ਪੇਟ
gray-pet
PLPolski
graypate
gray-paht
PTPortuguês
graypate
gray-paht
RORomână
graypate
gray-paht
RUРусский
грайпа́т
gray-pat
SVSvenska
graypate
gray-paht
SWKiswahili
graypate
gray-paht
TAதமிழ்
கிரேயிபேட்
gray-paet
TEతెలుగు
గ్రేయిపేట్
gray-paet
THไทย
กร레이เปต
kray-pet
TLTL
graypate
gray-paht
TRTürkçe
graypate
gray-paht
UKУкраїнська
грайпа́т
gray-pat
URاردو
گریپیت
gray-peet
VITiếng Việt
graypate
gray-paht
YOYO
graypate
gray-paht
ZH中文
灰岩板
huī yán bǎn
ZUZU
graypate
gray-paht

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