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graymalkin

graymalkin is the alternative form of grimalkin.

Meaning of grimalkin

Noun

grimalkin (plural grimalkins)

  1. A cat, especially an elderly female.
    • Servant:..."Commend me unto Titton Tatton and to Puss thy Catton, and tell her that Grimalkin is dead.".1553, William Baldwin, Beware the Cat
  2. (archaic) A bad-tempered old woman; a crone.

Forms of graymalkin

pluralgraymalkins

Questions about graymalkin

What is graymalkin the alternative form of?
Graymalkin is the alternative form of grimalkin.

Words near graymalkin in the dictionary

  1. grayly
  2. graymail
  3. graymailed
  4. graymailing
  5. graymails
  6. graymalkin
  7. graymalkins
  8. graymap
  9. graymapped
  10. graymapping
  11. graymaps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graymalkin (page history and authors); grimalkin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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