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Definitions
a woman of advanced age
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Justice is an old hobbling beldame, and I can't get her to keep pace with Generosity, for the soul of me.”
“[…] have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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