Griselda
Enduring, submissive spouse
Griselda is a female given name, now rare, associated with the medieval tale of "patient Griselda"—a peasant woman whose nobleman husband subjects her to cruel tests of obedience, which she endures without complaint.
The name has become shorthand for a woman of extreme, even excessive, patience and submissiveness: She's no Griselda—she won't put up with that treatment.
- BoccaccioItalian prose master
- DecameronHundred tales in ten days
- CanterburyHistoric English ecclesiastical seat
- PetrarchMedieval Italian lyric poet
medieval · allegory · parable · moral · exemplum · ballad · folktale · narrative
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- long-sufferingPatiently enduring hardship
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- submissionYielding to another's will
- obedienceCompliance with authority
endurance · resignation · tolerance · composure · stoicism · equanimity · self-control · steadfastness
Spoken or written narrative
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- fableMoral tale with animals
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
tradition · lore · ancestral · saga · ballad · chronicle · cautionary · proverb
Pertaining to women
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- ItalianOf or from Rome's country
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- etymologyWord origin study
classical · old-fashioned · European · noble · aristocratic · christening · namesake
Chaucer
- BoccaccioItalian prose master
- DecameronHundred tales in ten days
- CanterburyHistoric English ecclesiastical seat
Petrarch · medieval · allegory · parable · moral · exemplum · ballad · folktale · narrative · Walter
forbearance
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- long-sufferingPatiently enduring hardship
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- submissionYielding to another's will
obedience · endurance · resignation · tolerance · composure · stoicism · equanimity · self-control · steadfastness · humility
tale
Spoken or written narrative
storytelling · tradition · lore · ancestral · saga · ballad · chronicle · cautionary · proverb · peasant
feminine
Pertaining to women
etymology · classical · old-fashioned · European · noble · aristocratic · christening · namesake
- record labelsAtlantic Records, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, Epic Records, Def Jam
- BoccaccioDecameron, Emilia, Elissa, Lauretta, novella
- Hauptmann PlaysThe Weavers, Before Sunrise, Atlantis
- Vivaldi worksFour Seasons, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Gloria
Griseldarebel
Authority defier
shrew · virago · termagant · Medea · Clytemnestra
GriseldaMedea
Mythical infanticidal sorceress
Clytemnestra · Judith · avenger · fury · Nemesis
Griseldasaint
Canonized holy person
Mother Teresa · humanitarian · Florence Nightingale · philanthropist · angel