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单词 beldam
释义 bel·dam
\ˈbeldəm, -ˌdam, -ˌdaa(ə)m\ noun
or bel·dame \-_dəm, -ˌdām\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English beldam, from Middle French bel fair, beautiful + Middle English dam, dame lady, mother — more at beauty, dame
1. obsolete : grandmother
2. : a woman of advanced age
 < old Lady Shropshire and some other old beldam — Edith Sitwell >
3.
 a. : an old and loathsome woman : hag
 b. : a raging woman : virago
  < performed in an opera house with a posse of fat beldams throwing themselves about the stage — H.L.Mencken >
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