From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
Inherited from late (1400–1450) [en], from [en] (from [en], from [en]) +
[enm], itself ultimately from [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A grandmother .
2. * [year=1596.2]
3. * [act=III]
4. [en] An old woman , particularly an ugly one.
5. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1777 | author=w:Richard Brinsley Sheridan | title=The School for Scandal | section=IV.i
|passage=Justice is an old hobbling BELDAME, and I can't get her to keep pace
with Generosity, for the soul of me.}}
1. * [passage= [...] have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the BELDAME forward.]
2. * [ en ]
3. * [en]
4. * [1=en]
5. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1982 | author=w:TC Boyle | title=Water Music | page=6 | publisher=Penguin | year_published=2006
|passage=Suddenly the BELDAM shrieks as if she's been stuck with a dagger,
long rasping insuck of breath: ‘Eeeeeeeee!’}}
**** Synonyms
- [ugly woman] [en] , [en] , [en]
- See also Thesaurus:ugly person
**** Antonyms
- [grandmother] [en] , [en]
*** References
References:
- [R:Dictionary.com]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [beldar <ie>]