Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Grizel

or Grissel. Octavia, wife of Marc Antony and sister of Augustus Caesar, is called the “patient Grizel” of Roman story. (See Grisilda.)

“For patience she will prove a second Grissel.”

Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, ii. I.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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