belamy
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French bel (“fair”) + amy (“friend”).
Noun
editbelamy (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.