<span class="searchmatch">Mathildas</span> genitive of <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span> A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Matilda. <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span> c (genitive <span class="searchmatch">Mathildas</span>) a female given name, a less...
help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. IPA(key): /ˈmɑx.təlt/ Hyphenation: Mach‧teld Machteld f a female given name <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span> Mathilde...
Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling. Having a tattoo was <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda's</span> personal rebellion against her parents. (countable) An organized, forceful...
See also: matilda <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span> From Middle English Matilda, from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German Mahthilt, Mehthilt, from Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz;...
halves, for he tracks the murderer himself and kills him. 1988, Roald Dahl, <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span>: Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous...
persistence, and/or belief. 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, chapter 3, in <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span>: As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears. 2022 June...
house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. 1842, Caroline <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span> Kirkland, Forest Life, volume 1, page 144: Then "smudges" are in vogue...
mentor or advisor; a female observer. [from 18th c.] 1820, Mary Shelley, <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span>, published 1959: Diana filled up all his heart: he felt as if by his union...
m:lle c (historical) abbreviation of mamsell (“Miss”) 1861, <span class="searchmatch">Mathilda</span> Ahlbom, Såpbubblor II: Med eller utan hemgift [Soap Bubbles II: With or Without a...