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Webster 1913 Edition


Menstruous

Men′stru-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
menstruus
, fr.
mensis
month. Cf.
Menstruum
.]
1.
Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating.
2.
Of or pertaining to the monthly flow; catamenial.

Webster 1828 Edition


Menstruous

MEN'STRUOUS

,
Adj.
[L. menstruus, from mensis, a month.]
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)

  1. Of or pertaining to menstruation; menstrual.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.