单词 | menstruant |
释义 | menstruantadj.n. rare before late 20th cent. A. adj. Subject to menstruation; menstruating. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > discharge of menses > [adjective] menstruatec1384 menstruousc1425 menstruant1646 unwell1844 menstruating1872 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 210 Women are menstruant and men pubescent at the year of twice seven. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) Menstruant..that abounds with..monthly flowers, or which belongs thereto. 1956 H. Siiger Ethnol. Field-res. Chitral 18 Bashali, the birth-house, reserved for parturient and menstruant women, can be found in most villages close to the river. 1992 Sunday Times 14 Mar. vii. 7/1 Husbands are not permitted to drink from a glass of water if it has been sipped by a menstruant wife not cleansed at the ritual bath. 1997 B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 294 Rachel studied laws of Taharah HaMishpachah regarding a niddah or menstruant woman. B. n. A menstruating woman. ΚΠ 1965 Chron. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 8 224 Menstruants were prohibited from attending church or taking communion. 1987 C. P. Christ Laughter of Aphrodite (1988) ii. viii. 123 Women's unique position [is] as menstruants, birthgivers, and those who have traditionally cared for the young. 1994 Canad. Woman Stud. Fall 65/2 Cold water was never supposed to touch the menstruant's teeth or lips. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1646 |
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