grimalkin
pronunciation
How to pronounce grimalkin in British English:
UK [grɪ'mælkɪn]
How to pronounce grimalkin in American English:
US [grɪ'mælkɪn]
Word Origin
- grimalkin (n.)
- name given to a cat, 1620s, as in, or from, Shakespeare's Gray-Malkin, in "Macbeth" (1605), hence any cat, especially an old she-cat; from gray (adj.) + Malkin, diminutive of fem. proper name Matilda or Maud.