dəm, -dæm
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| —n | |
| 1. | archaic an old woman, esp an ugly or malicious one; hag |
| 2. | an obsolete word for grandmother |
| [C15: from bel- grand (as in grandmother), from Old French bel beautiful, from Latin bellus + dam mother, variant of | |
| beldame or beldame | |
| —n | |
| [C15: from bel- grand (as in grandmother), from Old French bel beautiful, from Latin bellus + dam mother, variant of | |
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Beldam
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
beldam
"aged woman," 1570s; earlier "grandmother" (mid-15c.), from dame (q.v.) in the sense of "mother" + bel-, M.E. prefix expressing relationship (cf. belfader, belsire "grandfather"), from O.Fr. bel, belle "beautiful, fair, fine." This "direct relationship" sense of bel is not
found in French, where the prefix is used to form words for in-laws.
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