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Webster 1913 Edition
Menstruous
1.
Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating.
2.
Of or pertaining to the monthly flow; catamenial.
Webster 1828 Edition
Menstruous
MEN'STRUOUS
,Adj.
1.
Having the monthly flow or discharge; as a female.2.
Pertaining to the monthly flow of females.Definition 2024
menstruous
menstruous
English
Adjective
menstruous (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to menstruation; menstrual.
- (of a female) Currently undergoing menstruation.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York, 2001, p.213:
- Foolish, drunken, or hairbrain women most part bring forth children like unto themslves, morosus et languidos, and so likewise he that lies with a menstruous woman.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York, 2001, p.213:
- (obsolete) Monthly.
Synonyms
References
- “menstruous” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- menstruous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “menstruous” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.