beldame

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grandmother. obsolete
    — There he was welcom'd of that honeſt ſyre, / And of his aged Beldame homely well; / Who him beſought himſelfe to diſattyre, / And reſt himſelfe, till ſupper time befell.
  2. An old woman, particularly an ugly one. archaic
    — Justice is an old hobbling beldame, and I can't get her to keep pace with Generosity, for the soul of me.

词形变化

beldames plural beldam alternative

词汇关系

反义词
belsire belchild

词源

Inherited from late (1400–1450) Middle English beldame, beldam, from Middle English bel (“attractive, fine, good”) (from Old French bel (“beautiful”), from Latin bellus) + dame, dam (“a mother, lady”), itself ultimately from Latin domina (“a mistress, lady”).
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