grimalkin – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
grimalkin
n.
cat; old female cat; irritable old woman
Grimalkin
A
grimalkin (also called a
greymalkin) is an archaic term for a
cat. The term stems from "grey" (the color) plus "malkin", an archaic term with several meanings (a cat, a low class woman, a weakling, a
mop or a name) derived from a
hypocoristic form of the female name
Maud. Scottish legend makes reference to the grimalkin as a faery cat that dwells in the highlands.
Grimalkin
(n.)
An old cat, esp. a she-cat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
grimalkin
Synonyms and related words:
Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Jezebel, Maltese cat, alley cat, beldam, bitch-kitty, blue cat, calico cat, cat, feline, fury, gib, gib-cat, hag, hellcat, hellhag, house cat, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty, kitty-cat, mouser, puss, pussy, pussycat, she-devil, she-wolf, silver cat, siren, tabby, tabby cat, termagant, tiger cat, tigress, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, virago, vixen, wildcat, witch
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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