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grannam Obs. exc. dial.|ˈgrænəm|
Forms: 6– granam, 8 granum, 7– grannam, -um, (9 grannan).
[colloq. pronunc. of grandam.]
A grandmother; an old woman.
1597Shakes. Rich. III, ii. iv. 30 (Qo.) Granam this would haue beene a biting iest. a1625Beaum. & Fl. Lover's Progr. iv. i, Ghosts never walk till after midnight, if I may believe my grannam. 1679Confinement 30 Old Granams shake their empty heads, and cry, I long before read this his destiny. 1714Gay What d'ye call it ii. i. 19 Oft my kind Grannam told me—Tim, take warning. a1763Shenstone Odes (1765) 205 Such breeding as one's granam preaches. 1817Coleridge Zapolya iv. ii, Find grannam out a sunny seat. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 406 The first was Moll, the namesake of her grannum. 1825Sporting Mag. XVI. 404 My grannan, God rest her old soul! 1876Whitby Gloss., Grannam,..grandmother.
b. Phrases.
1631Massinger Emperor East iv. ii, By my granam's ghost, 'Tis a wholesome Zaying! 1632Brome Court Beggar ii. Wks. 1873 I. 212 As I hope for my Grannums blessing. 1651H. More 2nd Lash in Enthus. Triumph. (1656) 243 In the rest of your answer you do but teach your Grannam to crack nuts. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew s.v. Bit, He has bit his Grannam; he is very Drunk. 1797Wolcot (P. Pindar) Livery Lond. ii. Wks. 1812 III. 449 They teach forsooth their grannum to suck eggs!
c. attrib. and Comb., as † grannam-like adv.; † grannam-gold (see grandam 5).
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Grannam-gold, old Hoarded Coin. 1711E. Ward Quix. I. 27 Poor Dobbin..Grannum like, had much ado To mumble what he could not chew.
Hence † ˈgrannamish a., old-womanish.
1672–3Marvell Reh. Transp. Wks. (Grosart) III. 516 A grannamish and doating superstition. |