English

Grande Dame Guignol

Blend of grande dame + Grand Guignol.

Latin domina ‘lady or mistress of the house’

Late Latin domna ‘lady, mistress’

Old French dame ‘lady’

French dame ‘lady’

French grande dame

Today it means

noun Synonym of hagsploitation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Grande Dame Guignol