M'lady
/məˈleɪdi/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 My Lady (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc). historical, humorous, often
- 2 a polite but old-fashioned greeting to a woman wordnet
Verb
- 1 To address as “m’lady”.
"[…]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"[…]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency."
Etymology
Elision of my + lady.