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23 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• griffin n. A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.
• griffin n. A large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia…
• griffin n. An English variety of apple.
• griffin n. (Dated, India) A person who has just arrived from Europe.
• griffin n. A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.
• griffin n. A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman.
• Griffin prop.n. An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Gríobhtha or Ó Grifín.
• Griffin prop.n. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
• Griffin prop.n. A male given name from Welsh derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Gruffudd.
• Griffin prop.n. A male given name from Cornish derived from Gryffyn, of relation to the Welsh name.
• Griffin prop.n. (Rare) A female given name.
• Griffin prop.n. A city, the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, United States, named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin.
• Griffin prop.n. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for a family of early settlers.
• Griffin prop.n. A town in Indiana; named for postmaster Samuel Griffin.
• Griffin prop.n. A community in Saskatchewan.
• Griffin prop.n. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
• Griffin prop.n. A former settlement in Illinois.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Chinese pidgin english
  • griffin n. A person who had spent less than a year in China.
  • griffin n. A racing pony in its first season.

— English words, defined in French —

• griffin n. (Fantastique) Griffon.
• griffin n. (Héraldique) Griffon.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• griffin s. Grifo.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• griffin s. (Araldica) grifone.

116 English words from 19 English definitions

Africa and anglicization apple arrived Asia beast body Brisbane British British␣India cadet charge China city Col community Cornish county county␣seat Dated derived duenna eagle early English especially Europe family female first for form former found from Georgia given given␣name Griffin guardian Gyps had half has having head Illinois in␣charge India Indian Indiana in␣turn Irish its just landowner large latinized Lawrence less less␣than Lewis lion male Missouri mountainous mythical name named newly North North␣Africa of␣a of␣an originating parts patronymic person pony postmaster Queensland racing Rare relation Samuel Saskatchewan season seat settlement settlers Southern Southern␣Europe Spalding Spalding␣County spent States suburb surname than the to␣the town turn unincorporated United United␣States variety vulture watchful Welsh who wings woman year young

3 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Fantastique Griffon Grifo

1 foreign word from 19 English definitions

fulvus

3 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Araldica grifone Héraldique

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Griffing griffins Griffings griffiness griffinfly griffinish griffinism griffinhood griffinesses griffinflies

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

hippogriffins

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

hippogriffin

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FFI fin Fin FIN fin. Fin. f***in' GRI G.R.I. grif griff Griff iff IFF rif Rif RIF riff RIFF

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FFI fir FIR iff IFF IrG IRG niff

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

riffing

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Griffing griffins riffings riffling

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

fifing firing Giffin RIFing

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Griffie griffon Griffon

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Giffin

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