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† ˈbelamy Obs.
Forms: 3–4 belami, 3–6 belamy, 4 bele amys, 7 bellamy.
[a. F. bel ami (nom. sing. amis) fair friend.]
Fair friend, good friend (esp. as a form of address).
a1225Ancr. R. 306 O, belami, þis þu dudest. c1325Coer de L. 3253, I suffre, sere, bele amys. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 278 What ertow, belamy? c1460Towneley Myst. 127 Welcom be thou, belamy! 1596Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 52 To the fayre Critias, his dearest belamy! 1689Baxter Cain & Abel Malig. Wks. 1830 X. 493 True Protestants (such as the pseudo-bellamy in Philanax Anglicus hatefully calleth Protestants off sincerity). |