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Beldam
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| beldam or beldame (ˈbɛldəm) | |
| —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
"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
EXPAND found in French, where the prefix is used to form words for in-laws.
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