α. 1700s grandmamy, 1800s– grandmammy; U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland) 1900s– gramammy, 1900s– gran'maamy, 1900s– granmammy.
β. U.S. regional 1900s– grandmommy, 1900s– granmommy.
grandmammyn.
/ˈɡran(d)mami/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌmæmi/ colloquial (chiefly U.S.).
= grandma n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother
eldmotherc1000
grandamc1225
good-dame1400
grandmother1424
beldamc1440
lucky1629
granny1659
grandmama1694
lucky minnie1755
grandma1772
grandmammy1789
gran1829
babushka1834
abuela1836
grandmom1860
grandmum1861
grammy1886
dadi1888
minnie1888
grams1893
bubbe1895
nana1899
gram1923
nanny1927
lola1934
abuelita1937
oma1948
nain1954
nan1955
makulu1980
omi1988
1789 ‘Durus’ Kalish Revol. liv. 344 He lived many heavenly days and nights with my grandmamy Hamae.
1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom ii. 44 The hole curiously dug in front of the fire-place, beneath which grandmammy placed the sweet potatoes to keep them from the frost.
1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 38 But, grandmammy dear, I thought that [etc.].
1939 Life 10 July 2/4 We'uns have lived in the Ozarks fur nigh-on to a hundred and fifty years, countin' my great-great-grandpappy, my great-grandpappy, my grandmammy, my mammy and me, but 'pears as though we never had no fun.
1960 Jet 24 Nov. 30 I got quite a bit of African blood in me from my grandmammy on my mammy's side and from my grandpappy on my pappy's side.
2006 Weekly World News 1 May 22/4 My grandmammy taught me this when I was a young'un.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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