Associations to the word «Griot»

Wiktionary

GRIOT, noun. A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
GRIOT, noun. A Haitian dish of fried pork.

Dictionary definition

GRIOT, noun. A storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley