Beldam (noun) (archaic)
bel-dum
A malicious or loathsome old woman.
Late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grandmother’): from Old French bel ‘beautiful’ + dam..
Example sentences
“Stay away, an old beldam lives there and she’s mean.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
