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Definition of Beldame
1. Noun. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
2. Noun. A woman of advanced age.
Definition of Beldame
1. Noun. (dated) An old woman, particularly an ugly one. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) grandmother. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beldame
1. beldam [n -S] - See also: beldam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beldame
Literary usage of Beldame
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Age Reviewed: A Satire: in Two Parts by Robert Montgomery (1827)
"Its door-acquirements, and revolving limb, Its luscious prate, and bawdy hints
so trim,— Secure each beldame's patronizing smile, And feast the Bacchanals ..."
2. The Promptorium parvulorum: The first English-Latin dictionary by Galfridus, Winchester Cathedral Chapter Library, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1908)
"To shew the beldame daughters of her daughter,' SHAHS. Lucr. 953. [OF. bel, fair
+ dam«, lady (in AF. mother). This use of bd in beldame, ..."
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