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grandam

[gran-duhm, -dam]

gran·dam

[gran-duhm, -dam]
noun
1.
a grandmother.
2.
an old woman.
Also, gran·dame [gran-deym, -duhm] .


Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)ndame < Old French grant dame. See grand, dame
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Grandam is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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grandam or grandame (ˈɡrændəm, -dæm, ˈɡrændeɪm, -dəm)
 
n
an archaic word for grandmother
 
[C13: from Anglo-French grandame, from Old French grand- + dame lady, mother]
 
grandame or grandame
 
n
 
[C13: from Anglo-French grandame, from Old French grand- + dame lady, mother]

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