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M'lady

//məˈleɪdi// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    My Lady (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc). historical, humorous, often
  2. 2
    a polite but old-fashioned greeting to a woman wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To address as “m’lady”.

    "[…]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Elision of my + lady.

Etymology 2

Elision of my + lady.

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