grimalkin

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gri=mal=kin

CIDE DICTIONARY

grimalkin, n. [For graymalkin; gray + malkin.].

•  An old cat, especially a she-cat.  J. Philips.  [1913 Webster]
•  A bad-tempered old woman.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grimalkin, n. archaic (esp. in fiction)
1 an old she-cat.
2 a spiteful old woman.

Etymology

GREY + Malkin dimin. of the name Matilda

THESAURUS

grimalkin

Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Jezebel, Maltese cat, alley cat, beldam, bitch-kitty, blue cat, calico cat, cat, feline, fury, gib, gib-cat, hag, hellcat, hellhag, house cat, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty, kitty-cat, mouser, puss, pussy, pussycat, she-devil, she-wolf, silver cat, siren, tabby, tabby cat, termagant, tiger cat, tigress, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, virago, vixen, wildcat, witch

ROGET THESAURUS

grimalkin

Animal

N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.