In Shakespeare's Macbeth, one of the witches declares, "I come, Graymalkin." She's responding to a call from her animal companion.
- Graymalkin translates to "gray cat."
- “Malkin” was a nickname for Maud or Matilda, two prominent female names in the past.
- In the same way that “Rover” is now recognized to refer to a companion dog.
- The phrase was eventually accepted as a generic moniker for cats (and sometimes bunnies).
- The term, on the other hand, has a secondary connotation of "untidy lady."
- The term was most usually spelt “grimalkin” by the 1630s.
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