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Beldame

noun
1.
An ugly evil-looking old woman.  Synonyms: beldam, crone, hag, witch.
2.
A woman of advanced age.  Synonym: beldam.





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"Beldame" Quotes from Famous Books



... Beldame then: "The fool and blind! Such mad perverseness who may apprehend?" - "Nay; there's no madness in it; thou shalt find Thy law there," ...
— Poems of the Past and the Present • Thomas Hardy
... might be," said I, with a dubious accent, thinking of the heather above the myrtle and MacCailein's head on a post "Did you hear of the Macaulay beldame shot ...
— John Splendid - The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn • Neil Munro


Words linked to "Beldame" :   old woman


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