Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to menstruation; menstrual.
- not comparableCurrently undergoing menstruation.
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, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 2131 more example
There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Esdras 5:8 - not comparableobsoleteMonthly.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinmēnstruum
- Late Latinmenstruosus“menstruating”
- Middle Frenchmenstrueus
- Anglo-Normanmenstruus
- Englishmenstruous
From Anglo-Norman menstruus, Middle French menstrueus, and their source, Late Latin menstruosus (“menstruating”), from Latin mēnstruum.
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