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Grimalkin
Grimalkin
meaning
grĭ-môl'kĭn, -măl'-
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A cat, especially an old female cat.
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A cat; esp., an old female cat.
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A malicious old woman.
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A
cat
, especially an elderly
female
.
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(archaic) An
old
, bad-tempered
woman
; a
crone
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Origin of grimalkin
Variant of
graymalkin
gray
obsolete
malkin
lower-class woman
merkin
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
[Shakespearean] From
grey
+
malkin
; literally "grey-haired cat" or "grey-haired woman".
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