Griselda refers to a woman of exemplary meekness and patience, named after a character in Boccaccio's Decameron.
Griselda se refiere a una mujer de notable mansedumbre y paciencia, nombrada así por un personaje del Decamerón.
| Front | Griselda \gri-ZEL-duh\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A woman of exemplary meekness and patience. 2. A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning `gray battle.' [Def. 1 after a character in a tale of the same name in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron.] "Whereas Rosina in `Barber' is a spitfire, all flame and sass, Cenerentola is a more demanding and less appealing role. She must bide her time but persuade her audience and her Prince that she's more than a patient Griselda who deserves happiness and redemption." - Willard Spiegelman, Opera: Cinderella is a ball, The Wall Street Journal, Nov 2, 1995. |
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