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Beldame

//ˈbɛldəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A grandmother. obsolete

    "There he was welcom'd of that honeſt ſyre, / And of his aged Beldame homely well; / Who him beſought himſelfe to diſattyre, / And reſt himſelfe, till ſupper time befell."

  2. 2
    a woman of advanced age wordnet
  3. 3
    An old woman, particularly an ugly one. archaic

    "Justice is an old hobbling beldame, and I can't get her to keep pace with Generosity, for the soul of me."

  4. 4
    an ugly evil-looking old woman wordnet

Etymology

Inherited from late (1400–1450) Middle English beldame, beldam, from Middle English bel (“attractive, fine, good”) (from Old French bel (“beautiful”), from Latin bellus) + dame, dam (“a mother, lady”), itself ultimately from Latin domina (“a mistress, lady”).

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