Beldam

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of beldame. alt-of, alternative

    "Had Pyrrhus not fallen by a beldam's hand in Argos or Julius Caesar not been knifed to death? They are not to be thought away."

  2. 2
    a woman of advanced age wordnet
  3. 3
    an ugly evil-looking old woman wordnet

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hagbagbatbattle-axbeastbeldame

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"Had Pyrrhus not fallen by a beldam's hand in Argos or Julius Caesar not been knifed to death? They are not to be thought away."

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