--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "David" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote: > I can't think of one, but to stimulate thinking, termagant, > harridan, harpy and virago none of them have the affectionate > connotations of curmudgeon. Beldame? Grandam? Biddy? To my ears, 'beldame' sounds evil and 'biddy' sounds weak and foolish.