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Definitions of grimalkin in various dictionaries:
A cat, especially an old female cat.
An old woman considered to be ill-tempered.
GRIMALKIN - A grimalkin (also called a greymalkin) is an archaic term for a cat. The term stems from "grey" (the colour) plus "malkin", an archaic term with seve...
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| Old female tabby |
| How I make the old cat grim and lank |
| Secures Othello, and one of Portia's suitors |
| Fiend which is cat, we hear |
| Archaic word for a bad-tempered old woman |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jun 12 2011 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
| Aug 13 2009 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Oct 8 2004 The Times - Specialist |
| May 5 2003 New York Times |
| Dec 6 2002 The Times - Specialist |
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| a cat. |
| A cat. |
| A cat, especially an old female cat. |
| An old woman considered to be ill-tempered. |
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A grimalkin (also called a greymalkin) is an archaic term for a cat. The term stems from "grey" (the colour) 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. * Nostradamus the French prophet and astrologer, 15031566, had a cat named Grimalkin.Beware the Cat was published in 1570 by William Baldwin. The novel is a story of talking cats, and part of it relates the story of the Grimalkin's death. According to its editors, the story, and thus the name, originates with Baldwin in terms of being the earliest example known in print. It is also spelled Grimmalkin or Grimolochin.A cat named Grimalkin in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth helped the three blind witches look into Macbeth's future.During the early modern period, the name grimalkin and cats in general became associate |