belamy
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French bel (“fair”) + amy (“friend”).
Noun edit
belamy (plural belamies)
- A good or dear friend.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
References edit
- “belamy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “bē̆l-amī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.