penopause

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noun

Synonym of andropause.

Similar
andropause
OriginEnglish menopause ← French ménopause ← Latin pausa →
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Meanings

nounpenopause (uncountable)
  1. informalrareuncountableSynonym of andropause.

    "Penopause" and Old Age

    1989, CRC Handbook of Human Growth and Developmental Biology, volume 2, part A, →ISBN, page 332
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    […] whereas the production of offspring came to an end, I have not yet experienced what might be called the penopause.

    1986, H. A. R. Barnett, “Presentation of an Institute Finlaison Medal to Mr Henry Arthur Rodney Barnett”, in Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, volume 113, number 1, page 8

    The physical symptoms of the penopause are often accompanied by worrying.

    2000, Mels van Driel, The Secret Part: A Natural History of the Penis, →ISBN, page 156

    Synonyms: andropause

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of andropause.

Similar
andropause
Also see
andropause

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pes-ni-s
  3. Proto-Italic*peznis
  4. Latinpēni
  5. Englishpenis
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  9. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  10. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  11. Frenchméno-
  12. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  13. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  14. Latinpausa
  15. Frenchménopause
  16. Englishmenopause
  17. Englishpenopause

Blend of penis + menopause.

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