grimalkin
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gri·mal·kin 
[gri-mal-kin, -mawl-] Pronunciation Key
[gri-mal-kin, -mawl-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a cat. |
| 2. | an old female cat. |
| 3. | an ill-tempered old woman. |
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| gri·mal·kin
(grĭ-môl'kĭn, -māl'-) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Variant of graymalkin : gray1 + obsolete malkin, lower-class woman; see merkin.] |
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grimalkin
grimalkin
1630, name given to a cat (cf. Shakespeare's Gray-Malkin, in "Macbeth," 1605), hence any cat, especially an old she-cat; from gray + Malkin, dim. of fem. proper name Matilda or Maud.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Grimalkin
Gri*mal"kin\, n. [For graymalkin; gray + malkin.] An old cat, esp. a she-cat. --J. Philips.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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