A small eel or a cricket, or a lively person full of energy and good humor.
Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English or Old Norse roots. May be related to the sound a cricket makes. The meaning evolved from the animal to describe a person with cricket-like energy and liveliness.
Shakespeare himself used 'grig' to describe a cheerful, merry person, showing how even our smallest creatures inspired language for human personality traits.
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