grig

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

grig, n. [Cf. Sw. kräk little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.].

•  A cricket or grasshopper.  [1913 Webster]
•  Heath.  Audrey.  [1913 Webster]

As merry as a grig [etymology uncertain], a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of “As merry as a Greek; ” by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grig, n.
1 a small eel.
2 a grasshopper or cricket.

Idiom

merry (or lively) as a grig full of fun; extravagantly lively.

Etymology

ME, orig. = dwarf: orig. unkn.