menstruous

[ men-stroo-uhs, -struhs ]

adjective

1. pertaining to menstruation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of menstruous¹

1375–1425; late Middle English: menstruating < Latin mēnstruus monthly; menstruate, -ous

Example Sentences

A covenant was entered into which was written with menstruous blood, because blood was the announcer of the female period of pubescence.

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Such a taboo is strictly similar to those which surround a sacred chief or his property, a menstruous woman or a homicide, rendering them dangerous to themselves and to all who approach them.

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If it be taken inwardly, it stops the spitting of Blood, and the Dysentery or Bloody-Flux; as also the H�morrhoidal and Menstruous Fluxes; the Dose being from half a Dram to two Drams, in Knot-Grass-Water.

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So Queen Esther wore her royal crown, and yet said to God, Esther xiv, "Thou knowest, that the sign of my high estate, which is upon my head, has never yet delighted me, and I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and never wear it when I am by myself, but when I must do it and go before the people."

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Amongst the Maoris, if a man touched a menstruous woman, he would be taboo 'an inch thick.'

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