| 单词 | female weakness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfemale weakness female weakness n. euphemistic (now historical) (frequently in plural) any of various ailments (esp. gynaecological ones) that afflict women; spec. (in singular) leucorrhoea; cf. women's troubles n. at woman n. Compounds 5. ΚΠ 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Clary It is very pleasant, and in great Esteem amongst the good Women against Abortion, the Whites, and other Female Weaknesses. 1777 J. Leake Med. Instr. Dis. Women ii. 95 The Fluor Albus, female weakness, or whites, as commonly called, is a disease of the womb and its contiguous parts. 1816 Leeds Mercury 24 Feb. (advt.) Strengthening pills... For Nervous Complaints..and Female Weaknesses of every description; barrenness, and a bearing down from difficult labours..; pain in the breast, [etc.]. 1873 W. W. Hall Health at Home viii. 582 Leucorrhœa, whites, Female weakness..is a discharge caused by falling of the womb. 1905 Jrnl. Michigan State Med. Soc. 3 395/2 There are people who peddle suppositories for female weaknesses..[which] contain a large quantity of morphine. 1940 D. L. Cohn Good Old Days viii. 216 A favorite fake medicine was one that purported to cure ‘female weakness’. 1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind (1999) 389 Originally marketed as a cure for ‘female weaknesses’, it was soon being proclaimed as ‘the greatest remedy in the world’. < as lemmas |
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